FACTORS THAT FUEL THE SPREAD OF HIV IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Factors that  influence the spread of Hiv/AiD in developing countries:According to world health Organization the developing countries have the highest number of hiv/Aids infection  the worst hit region include sub_Saharan, South Asian, Africa and Caribbean the spread of the virus decrease to 15% in 1990 to around 8% in 2015 but more than 6 million infection occur every year in this countries this is according to center of disease control. In this article I am going to discuss the major factor that fuel spread of Hiv /AiD 1: promiscuity_this is the leading factor of Hiv /AiD many people are having more than one sexual partner surprising studies show that more than 60%of new infection are occurring in married people 2:ignorance_most people living in developing countries  are fully aware of the disease but they continued get involve In practice that fuel transmission 3:illiteracy-many people aware the disease  exist but they lack information  about aspects  4:poverty-developing world has large  population of poverty but they Involve prostitution due to high poverty 5:Drug and alcohol used-sharing of injection among drug user spread the disease 6:Hiv/Aids stigma - people living with this virus still stigmatized and this cause many people to avoid testing 7:imigration and movement-moving of people from one place to another may spread the virus due to sexual behavior the have.                                   conclusion :According to my own studies it can be possible to stop the spread of Hiv /AiD in developing countries if people avoid promiscuous behavior and become wiser then a country can have low rates of Hiv/AiD
Adan Ali

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