HIV/Aids control in Africa

HIV infection and AIDS are disproportionately afflicting Third World countries, especially the countries of Africa, where substantial adult communities and villages are literally being annihilated. Because there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS, and because of the high costs of current antiviral therapy (e.g. AZT), it is a cost-effective use of health resources for the economically poor countries of Africa to use health promotion/ education to intervene and control the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS. Crucial to any effective health promotion effort is a thorough knowledge about the epidemiological specifics and distribution of HIV/AIDS in Africa, the known at-risk segments of the population, and the known at-risk conditions (e.g. male–female relationships, stress) and behaviours (e.g. peer and other pressures to engage in unprotected sex) for HIV infection. For health promotion to be successful it has to be unrelentingly applied to all at-risk groups in African societies, region-specific and culturally sensitive, and it has to acquire active cooperation from all members of the community of African nations.

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• Aids and risk

  Liv Haram•Culture Health & Sexuality•2005

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