AIDS In Africa

Aids, the word itself just makes me cringe as it should you.  One of the most feared diseases the world has every faced just as it should be.  The place this disease is the most known to exist is Africa.  I am sick and tired of hearing every major disease or disorder or poverty always link back to Africa.  Why is this?  Katz’s article described many significant explanations as to why this is so.  Women in Africa in some cases need to exchange sex for materialistic goods needed to survive.  How horrible is that?  In addition to all this,  When health care practically does not exist and HIV tests are unfordable how could a woman differentiate between a clean male and an infected one, They can’t!  Could we fix this problem, probably not.  However we could halt the spread of this disease by attacking the roots of the problem.  Education for what AIDS is and schooling teaching diseases is crucial for woman and young children to understand so they can make logical decisions as they get older.  In addition attacking poverty will ultimetally provide a domino affect on most problems faced in Africa.  Problem is corruption of money distribution and fighting between common folks when money is so scarce.  This is why I believe UN agencies or agencies from developed nations across the world should send troops and/or organizations to establish themselves in international territories that need help to monitor and help those in need providing education as well as donations and better living styles instead of sending several thousand troops to war send them to help the poor in countries that cry for our help but have very little to provide in return.  If anything provide free STD tests to at lease recognize those with the disease.  Africa can not necessarily provide America with oil but it can provide America with millions of smiles and healthier children.  AIDS is a horrible disease but with the lack of education  Africa is going to always expand its infections of AIDS and the battle to stop it will never end.