In life it seems that all the bad things happen to the people who don't have the means to deal with it. This rings true when it come to HIV/AIDS. Yes, it is present in Canada and other first world countries but the number of people affected here don't even begin to compare to the number of people affect in most third world countries. Why is this? Why is HIV and AIDS spreading so much more quickly in those countries not here? There are a number of different reasons.
The first is lack of education. Women and girls are not being educated in there rights. They don't know that they have other options. If they went to school they would open up so many opportunities that they would be able to see that they can control their own lives.
The second major reason is gender equality. Women in third world countries don't have the same opportunities that the men do. They are forced to do what ever the man tells them. Not to say that this is all blamed on men. The fact of the matter is that this way of living is their culture. For many of them, women and men, this is how it has always been. Looking from the outside in this seems strange and sickening but to some of them that is the normal. They do not know anything different.
Lastly, the spread of HIV/ AIDS can be linked to poverty. The people do not have the money and therefore the opportunities that we do. I mentioned earlier that many girls can not go to school. This isn't always just because of gender inequality but because the parents can not afford for their daughter to go to school. Pens, pencils and uniforms still cost money and many times the families can not afford to buy these things. Also, the culture in most of these countries is that the girl finishes her jobs of helping the mother collect water, make food etc. and then she may go to school. If something were to happen then this would all change. The girl must leave school to help her family. Things that might cause this would be things such as a natural disaster/climate change.
All fo these reason are linked and connected to one another. To fix HIV/ AIDS we will need to fix all of these problems. All the issues are connected in a complicated web and you can not solve one without solving another. This makes the task harder and means that it will require help from many people and organizations.
It's unfortunate that these developing countries are the ones plagued with disease. It happens to the countries that don't have the medical care to provide and prevent these diseases. It's so true that women are not aware of the opportunities they have and that they are stuck with what they know.
ReplyDeleteDeveloping countries are most likely to get HIV/AIDS it's mostly because of education. They don't know about this disease. Also medicare is in important and that is why it happens in developing countries
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