HIV /AIDS IN AFRICA, WHY MEDICATE? April 13, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in Tradition.trackback
Carrying on from my previous posts on the African “mindset” we need to know that it does not matter how much money is spent on medication for HIV /AIDS in Africa, the disease will not be eradicated because of the prevalent mindset on the continent.
Most of the African nations do not believe in using condoms even if they have the HIV virus. In the African culture it is acceptable to:
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Be sexually active from a young age
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Have sexual relations with more than one person
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Have sex outside of marriage
and there is no stigma attached to being sexually active with numerous partners therefore, because the use of condoms is scoffed at, more and more “new” HIV/AIDS cases are reported daily.
If every HIV/AIDS sufferer in Africa had to answer the following question: “Do you ALWAYS use a condom when you have sexual intercourse?” More than 50% of them will answer: “No.”
It is as if they do not comprehend that by having unprotected sex they are actually responsible for signing a death warrant over their sexual partners.
Their witchdoctors have even told them that if they have sex with a virgin they will be healed from the disease causing numerous young virgins and babies to be raped by men who believe that they would then be healed.
So my question is, why waste money on medication for this disease when the people who use the medicine still go and have unprotected sex with willing partners because they do not care or do not believe that they are spreading the disease through sexual intercourse. Rather use the funds to educate the next generation to live morally clean lives thereby avoiding catching the disease. If someone was a victim and was infected through no fault of their own then they are entitled to free medicine, but if people live a sexually active life with numerous partners in an unprotected manner they should live (or die) with the consequences of their actions.
People are dying from starvation all over the world, rather use the funds earmarked for HIV /AIDS globally to feed people in need of basic food items.
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That is so sad that they don’t understand they could prevent the virus from spreading…I second devoting more to educating them about it.