aids and africa

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             "Between 20% and 30% of sexually active adults between the ages of 20 and 40 are believed to be infected with HIV in some urban areas of sub-Sahara Africa, where the disease is most prevalent. In rural areas, where the majority of the population lives, seroprevalence remains much lower but is still increasing. Stine also mentions that available evidence suggests that it is unlikely that the spread of HIV will be brought under control in the near future, unfortunately (368). "The WHO estimates that one in three of the 40million people in Southern Africa will be HIV-infected by the year 2010" (Stine, 366).
             Before discussing how AIDS is transmitted, it is quite relevant to discuss who is transmitting and being infected by the disease. About 66% of HIV infections occur in those under age 25. The ratio of men to women AIDS cases in Africa is 1:1 which is comparatively abstract from that of Western society at 8:1, males to females. This 1:1 ratio is said to be the result of the African men's mentality of "taking" their women in a more violent style of sex, where as white civilized men in the West express a more gentle form of sex says Bethel (46).
             In Africa, the highest incidence of AIDS has been found among sexu
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