Thursday, September 20, 2012

What keeps increasing the number of people leaving with HIV/AIDS in poor countries

What keeps increasing the number of people leaving with HIV/AIDS in poor countries?
For looking at some statistics on develloped countries, the scale is not so bad.
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1 :
Well poor countries don't have the technology that we have and the communication like we do! We have AIDs awareness month commercials that talk about it classrooms that teach it over in other countries they just don't ahve the funds to help people become more aware . .if you are really interested you might want to try to inter over in one of the countries to help spred the word! and how to prevent it!
2 :
Education! There are lots of myths out there about HIV/AIDS. One example: In some countries it is believed that by having sex with a virgin girl, you can rid yourself of HIV. With beliefs like that it is easy to see why education is so important
3 :
There are many factors that contribute to the rapid spread of HIV in poor countries. Number one is the lack of education. Many people are unaware of how it is contracted and that condoms can protect them from the spread of the disease. Second, the culture is quite different. Husbands do not remain faithful in many situations, and bring back disease to their wives...then they have children infected with the disease. Rape is also a major issue in the spread of the disease. Also, these people have little or no access to the strong cocktails of anti-virals that we here in the US have access to. These drugs have almost eliminated HIV/AIDS in newborns born to mothers who are infected.
4 :
Poor education, lack of government funded family planning programs. Most of them are not as civilized as the rest of us. If they live in huts and villages, I can bet they don't have a local walmart selling condoms. Lack of medical care. Rape, and it happens a lot in the cultures you are speaking of. Poor hygiene. Race plays a part. Most of them are of African decent, and they have a higher number of cases, not saying that black are carriers of Aids, and it's there fault, but I once read somewhere, that 1 in 20 Black men, have HIV/AIDS. Compared to i think it was like 1 in 70 white men. This was in Florida so I don't think that counts worldwide. There are a lot of factors, but it's a shame that it has to happen, and especially to babies, and children. Especially who have no access to healthcare. They have no hope at living a full wonderful life. It's heart breaking.
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The main reason is because very few use condoms or safe sex. And there is little education to let people know how it is contracted. Also there is no money for treatment. The average life span of people in poor countries like some places in Africa are around 24. And Canada is around 80.

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