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An 8 page outline of the problems facing South Africa in terms of effectively addressing the AIDS epidemic. This paper assesses the AIDS epidemic in the region from the perspective of the cultural behaviors and mindsets which continue to feed it. The contention is presented that the most effective address of the problem must overcome the cultural refusal to acknowledge it. Home testing coupled with government-enforced mandatory attendance at educational workshops is proposed as being a solution which will ensure self-awareness, avoid social ostracization, and hopefully spawn positive behavior change. A free one-page solution outline is included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPaidsAf.rtf
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as one of the most concerning problems of modern times. AIDS is a fatal disease with tragic consequences both epidemiologically and sociologically. AIDS (Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome) obeys
no socioeconomic, geographic, political, or racial lines of demarcation. In the U.S. alone the AIDS epidemic has killed three-hundred thousand people (Garrett, 1996). Five-hundred thousand currently have AIDS
and another one million people have been diagnosed as HIV positive (Garrett, 1996). Worldwide estimates of those infected with HIV are twenty to forty million with more than seven
million deaths being attributed to AIDS related causes (Garrett, 1996). As concerning as these numbers are, in some countries the numbers of AIDS cases is exponential when compared to
others. South Africa, for example, suffers from the highest AIDS rates in the world (AP Worldstream, 2002). The precise number of individuals impacted by the disease is difficult
to arrive at given the lack of broad-scale testing and a deeply-ingrained shroud of secrecy concerning the problem, a scenario which is even further complicated by wide-spread ignorance about the
disease, its cause, and protective measures which could be employed to slow its spread. Conservative estimates indicated that 4.7 million South Africans are currently HIV positive (AP Worldstream, 2002;
MacGregor, 2002). Some 5000 are said to die each week from AIDS-related causes (MacGregor, 2002). The cultural shroud of secrecy and ignorance regarding the AIDS problem in South
Africa must, therefore, be the primary target in addressing the disease. Efforts to eradicate the disease must concentrate on education which will result in a change in cultural perception
and behavior. It can be contended that South African culture is the primary reason for the rampant spread of AIDS in the region.
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