AIDS in South Africa: A Thesis

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document

Total Length: 1597 words ( 5 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 3

Page 1 of 5



But the challenges facing the current South African health minister are not simply political: "Whereas HIV subtype B, the dominant subtype in western Europe and the U.S.A., continued to spread among men who have sex with men, HIV subtype C, the dominant subtype in Africa and Asia, started spreading in the general population in South Africa in about 1988. Between 1990 and 1994, there was an exponential increase in the prevalence of HIV infection" and Subtype C is now the dominant type of AIDS in the region (Karim 2009). According to the international AIDS charity AVERT: "Subtype C is predominant in Southern and East Africa, India and Nepal.

Stuck Writing Your "AIDS in South Africa: A" Thesis?

View All Our Example AIDS in South Africa: A Thesis

Have A Custom Example Essay Written

It has caused the world's worst HIV epidemics and is responsible for around half of all infections" (AVERT, 2009)

Recent studies have indicated that HIV type C is more easily transmitted through heterosexual contact and "subtype C is more transmissible" overall than either types D. Or A (AVERT, 2009). Preliminary research suggests that South Africa may thus have additional biological challenges to cope with, regarding its AIDS epidemic. This is a frightening prospect given that the nation already faces such great historical, social, cultural and logistical difficulties in extending even minimally competent treatment to sufferers.

Works.....

Show More ⇣

     Open the full completed essay and source list


OR

     Order a one-of-a-kind custom essay on this topic


sample essay writing service

Cite This Resource:

Latest APA Format (6th edition)

Copy Reference
"AIDS In South Africa A" (2009, November 19) Retrieved May 5, 2025, from
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/aids-south-africa-17322

Latest MLA Format (8th edition)

Copy Reference
"AIDS In South Africa A" 19 November 2009. Web.5 May. 2025. <
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/aids-south-africa-17322>

Latest Chicago Format (16th edition)

Copy Reference
"AIDS In South Africa A", 19 November 2009, Accessed.5 May. 2025,
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/aids-south-africa-17322
   

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document
order custom essay example