Cultural, social and environmental impact of HIV/AIDS

Hamza Mohamed


In many cultures women are the most vulnerable to getting HIV/AIDS.It is seen as male prestidge in many cultures for a man to have many sexual partners and experience of sex whereas a woman sticks to one man.HIV/AIDS I'd a gendered issue because women in most part of Africa due to repressive cultural practices have no power to negotiate safe sex.Those infected with HIV blame witchcraft as a source of their sickness.

On social grounds women and girls have a high risk of contracting the HIV virus.They do not have the power to negotiate sex.Married women even tho they might be faithful to their husbands,they remain at risk because their husbands may not be faithful. AIDS affects different segments of the society in different ways,for example children may have to look after their sick parents,and this will affect the children educationally. In the process of children taking responsibilities whereby they work to earn income so as to take care of the sick at home,they are exposed to dangers of HIV/AIDS.Some people believe that HIV/AIDS is a consequence of poverty because poor people take risks with their sexual health.Poverty can drive people away away from their homes in search of better living conditions which will increase the risk of infection from sex workers.

Migration can be linked to HIV/AIDS due to movement of people to towns. People will be overpopulated in cities and will increase the spread and chances of HIV/AIDS infections.HIV AIDS had affected millions of people especially those in rural areas. Communities are st risk of experiencing the effects of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic strikes. There is shortage of labour in the agriculture sector since many people who are infected are unable to work and this leads to decrease in food production.

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