Seeing as though the white man seems to think he runs the world and has the majority of powerful positions . Do you feel that they are depriving africa of education on aids or purpose or is there a far more sinister reason for africa being riddled with aids ?
2006-12-30 00:24:11 · 15 answers · asked by C 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
. . . everyone's too serious about a simple misunderstanding related to the sex-education programme - to encourage participation they gave the women free sweets and the men condoms - unfortunately the men think they got free chewing-gum . . .
2006-12-30 04:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by Astra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly I think some things need to be corrected here. We cant just say the 'white man' or the 'black people' because we are merely generalising. Also to just say 'Africa' is wrong because last time I checked Aids was a pandemic (meaning worldwide diesease) which affects a lot of people. Some people seem to miss the point of the varying reasons why Aids is so widespread,, but talking of places like sub-saharan Africa, yes it is lack of education and other reasons mentioned. But sometimes it is a case that some families are soo poor that they do not have a choice but to have sex to reproduce in order to survive e.g. for the kids to work on the farms, markets etc to bring in the money.
Many poor countries need to somehow gain or regain the power that many 1st world countries have which i personally feel would reduce the amount of people dying from the diesase due to better access to health care the many for drugs, education and mostly wider choice of careers or ways of making money.
2006-12-30 08:50:06 · answer #2 · answered by Carmit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speaking from Africa... South Africa to be exact...
Serious lack of education amongst the ignorant. There is a long history of poor education and unfortunately it takes a while to change people's mind sets. There are cultural and gender elements at play as well. Not at all easy to change.
Secondly the government here in particular has done rather a lousy job at educating people, sending confusing and mixed messages. It was also left too long before the HIV/AIDS threat was taken seriously. A real shame as it takes the focus off prevention and all resources directed at trying to handle treatment of the affected, and care of the orphans etc. It's a real problem.
What the rest of the world can do to help is not only provide financial aid, but also to promote prevention in the media, and especially respect for women and children. The younger generation is so easily influenced by what they see on TV. It helps us advance thinking and education by promoting responsible living through the media, as people don't take the government communications seriously.
I must add that the majority of African dwellers affected by the disease are not 'wilderness' dwellers, as someone commented, but mostly live in urban areas. Even in more rural areas, there is a concerted effort to make condoms available and to spread the message. And Africa is not a country! It's a continent. HIV infection levels differ from country to country. Some African countries have been very successful in curbing HIV, while others not.
It is a combination of factors - poor government intervention and people not wanting to change the way they do things. There is still a lot of abuse of women in the black communities for example, where women do not feel free to say no to men, and men do not respect women and do not commit to one partner. It is cultural and of course linked to socio-economics. The younger generation in the urban areas are certainly changing the way they do things. There is hope once we get a handle on it.
2006-12-30 08:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by Lauren D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm... good question... this are my views about the topic:
-The people in Africa are very unaware of this disease, I bet that 60% of the whole continent still have no clue what AIDS is because no one has taught them yet!
-Being a 3rd world country, some have no choice but to seek to prostitution...
-Even if one is aware, their sexual partners often will not tell them...
So, even if awareness is raised, the government will need to do much more... like raise the economy, set up schools etc...
AIDS will soon end... it's just a matter of time.
2006-12-30 08:28:34 · answer #4 · answered by silvs 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What are you talking about? The information is out there - every government in the world - even North Korea - has full access to all necessary information for HIV/AIDS prevention. I also love how you seem to think that all white people are one big "the white man" which moves all as a unit, as opposed to individual human beings who are just getting along as best they can, just like everyone else. Also apparently all white people are supremacists who are either keeping prevention techniques a secret or deliberately infecting people. Nice.
2006-12-30 08:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by OkiefromMuskogee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where do you get this conspiracy junk from? I watched a documentary on it. When a man dies of AIDS, his wife will have it from him and will marry his brother so the family has a support system. Then she gives it to him. When she dies, he will remarry and give it to that woman. Polygamy is acceptable there so he can spread it to many woman, die before them and then they spread it.
Also they are finding monkeys in the jungles with AIDS. If these monkeys don't bite anyone, the whole family can get AIDS when they eat the infected monkey.
Workers do pass out food and condoms but their village doctor tells them this thing is some kind of curse and makes them throw it away.
2006-12-30 08:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Troll much?
http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm
Here is a link you need to see. Avert is the international charity that helps in AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa broken down country by country.
And enough with the "white man" crap. Pull your head out and learn something (and possibly actually do something) about the real problems in the world instead of sitting in front of your computer all day asking asinine things on Yahoo!
P.S. Guess who does the most to combat AIDS/HIV in Africa? BILL AND MELINDA GATES!!! ( White and American!) I guess that makes them the head of the "CURE AIDS IN AFRICA CONSPIRACY"
Do your research before you post things like this!!!!
2006-12-30 08:42:38 · answer #7 · answered by dedum 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think we need to address the main problem and it's the Catholic church and not the education. Everyone knows about AIDS but people don't use condoms because the church tells them that it's a sin. The other problem is that native Africans tend to pick and chose what the want to believe so they won't wear condoms but they will take as many wives as they can afford to keep, so in some respects they keep their tribal connections as well as conforming to church doctrine.
2006-12-30 08:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by Player 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is lack of continuing education---people that live over there know what it is, but aren't really doing anything to help prevent it---it is more of a money issue--and since most of it is through genes ( sex) where does anyone have the option to buy a condom out in the wilderness? If people were taught more morals it might be a little help---
2006-12-30 08:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by biznitchil 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine had a friend in college who went to Africa and witnessed a mother who did not have AIDS and a father who did not have it but somehow the child had it and guess what happened to the student when he reported it back to college? He got kicked out
2006-12-30 11:32:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋