Africa: Why More Africans Get HIV - The Nation

Scientists may have finally found out why HIV infection is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, than other regions of the world.

Author: Ablie

I can't believe that in 2008, people actually believe this garbage. There is no unique gene, nor is there any truth about being more promiscuous (nor is there any way to measure it even though it is still accepted in some parts of the continent to have more than one wife at the same time). Africans get AIDS the same way anyone can: unprotected sex with a carrier, infected needles, by birth, or through breast milk.

The main reasons why there is a greater prevalence of Africans with AIDS and/or suffer the most with AIDS is because of poverty, miseducation, stigma, corrupt governments, and patriarchal societies, to name a few.

There is no gene, nor any truth to promiscuous behaviour. Wake up.

Author: aj27c

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Author: kimondoh

Ablie, I find your writing not only narrow minded but also defensive! We in Africa take the most hit from HIV, gonorrhea, siphilis, and herpes because of one reason; Lust For Sex. What is the main reason behind polygamy? certainly it is not to help raise a healthy family neither is it to do with helping to resettle a widow. Check this out---in the West dating a lady simply means taking her out for dinner, a walk,attending church together or even meeting the man's parents. All this with one condition- no sex. But in our beloved Africa, it means first and foremost SEX! So what do ladies do? they either give in or risk losing the relationship. And in a society where the men call the shots, they (ladies)give in. But that has been misconstrued to mean they like it. At least on this one, we can not blame West. With or without STD's, sexual morality must be an integral part of our up-bringing before we can claim any credibility in what we are saying.

Author: chokora

"We in Africa take the most hit from HIV, gonorrhea, siphilis, and herpes because of one reason; Lust For Sex." Lust doe NOT impart HIV/AIDS. I suppose you mean the act itself.

Yet, how does the rest of the world get it - spontaneously from the god(s)?

[You are forgetting that the virus is also transmitted in non-sexual ways - like during blood transfusion or child birth.]

Buddy, if you are African, then you suffer from an extreme case of inferiority complex. You have access to the internet. Find out which countries have more people engaging in sex. Hint: The leading countries are NOT in Africa.

--- "in the West dating a lady simply means taking her out for dinner, a walk,attending church together or even meeting the man's parents"

It seems likely that you never lived and worked in the "West". [Or else you are a hyena urinating upwind to scare the herd downwind.]

I suppose that you never heard of "date rape" and the pills. And I suppose that you think that marriages in the West are between 'virgin' men and virgin women. Most are NOT. And that the millions of unmarried women over 20 years old in the west have NEVER had sex. Most have.

You ARE ignorant regarding life in the "West"..

-- "What is the main reason behind polygamy? certainly it is not to help raise a healthy family"

Yes, that is one of the reasons. Have you talked to the natives who practice it - or do you think that you know more about how their life is to lived than they do?

There is polygamy in USA. What is the primary reason for it - if not raising a family? If "lust" is the primary motivator, them why not settle for sex outside marriage - polygamous or monogamous?

Do you think carefully before you type your trash? Where do you get your ideas from anyway - the Bible? If so, can you tell us if according to THAT word of your god, polygamy is sinful and why?

[More than a million people have the HIV/AIDS in USA. On average, more than 200 people will acquire the virus TODAY in USA - and most of them will have engaged in 'un-natural' practices like sodomy]

Author: kimondoh

CHOKOOORA, Sorry, is that the right spelling? I know it is the right sound, hah, hah! what is the meaning in Swahili? I understand why you feel trashed by my message. It is indeed meant for hard-core stubborn,typical fellow African men like you. Original thinking like yours is in fact, the problem. Why are you worried whether I live in the west or east? another typical mind-set approach to your personal problem? North or South, West or East, there are two things known as `Morality and immorality; Lust has obviously something to do with one of them-make your choice. Statistically, what is the chance that you will contract an STD via a needle/blood transfusion compared to sexual means? which of these two methods impact the highest number of fully diagnosed cases? Post any stats you may have. If you do not have, then your usage of the internet is not educating you. According to your argument, greedy sexual engagement is admissible in an African society as it has nothing to do with the affliction of these diseases. Sorry. And if you are a victim of this school of thought from the tone and spirit of your writing, then this message is meant for you and you in particular. I do not think ALL African people share your thinking. There is no room for such scape goats as being or not being a Christian, feeling inferior or superior,you can choose to be either part of the problem or part of the solution.The latter is not possible with your type of mentality. I would rather never use any of these baloney excuses and avoid the affliction or at least teach my kids rightly so, than boast about being a superior in the perpetration of the anathema itself anywhere in the world, irrespective of country of origin, race or color, ethnicity, etc. Thanks.

Author: gatot_soedarto

Why HIV infection is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, than other regions of the world ? Because this region received much more ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, than other regions of the world. HIV / AIDS are caused by ultraviolet and its interaction with local radiation. For AIDS treatment, please do it to terminated or eliminated radiation. Sincere yours, Gatot Soedarto.

Author: cjb72581

Dude, seriously you must be the most uneducated person I have ever met. The reason the HIV rate is so high in this area of the world is because of the following reasons: 1. No one gets tested 2. No one has monogomous relationships here. 3. No one uses protection, i.e. condoms 4. Ampent drug use in some ares, people sharing needles for example. 5. High rate of prostitution, and people using prostititues. 6. People are uneducated on what prevents and what causes HIV. 7. Infected mothers pass it to their children when they are conceived and during the pregnancy.

Need I say more? Raditation cause things like birth defects and other abnormalties in people. If you like for me to give you a science lesson I will. Because appearently who ever taught you ultra-violent raditation causes HIV was a moron. Please open a book sometime and read.

Author: zerofuzz

Well it is quite obvious why people get HIV/AIDS. Science has been in this area of expertise since years back. No mumbo jumbo with some tribe Whichcraft is ever gonna change that fact.(Sun rays, ha,ha) But the most frightening thing about this statistical survey was the cost of it all. My Buddah, 400 Million KSh ! Now you know why there is no money for schools or roads or health care. The civil servants are ripping you blind people ! A survey like that would normally cost a tenth of that ! Anywhere in the world. And for WHAT PURPOSE you have to ask yourselves ???? Do they need to know if it is 5 or 7 %. Of course not, it is just for academic purposes. JUST IMAGINE HOW MUST MEDICINE YOU COULD BUY FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY !! AND HOW MANY CONDOMS THAT COULD BE FREELY DISTRIDUTED. There is also a reason why they would debate over if they should release the full result to the public. Because then it would be ever so obvious that they are over charging for their so called expertise and the hours put in to this. Just do the math ! This is just outrageous and it is just a sign of what is going on in the rest of the administration. They are like leaches shamelessly sucking the blood out of Kenyan. Please hunt them down, and demand credibility from everything done in the administration or governement. Call for transparency so anyone can see where the money goes and put a stop to this waste of the countries resources.

/Z



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