Hiv / Aids And Aids - 1474 Words

Each individual’s experience with the contraction of HIV/AIDS varies in terms of being personal or family related. HIV/AIDS has been a longstanding health issue affecting sub Saharan Africa. However, countries around the world are all susceptible to having a heightened risk of HIV/AIDS infections spread to their regions through the migration of people. HIV/AIDS is a health concern characterizing sub Saharan Africa because of the treatment of women in society, extreme poverty resulting in the lack of education for people and access to basic needs, and government inaction to address the concern with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The experiences individual’s encounter when it comes to HIV/AIDS can be a type of social determinants for how one†¦show more content†¦To emphasize this hardships regarding women living in this geographic region, â€Å"women are [often] denied equal access to economic resources, housing, health care, legal protection, land, schooling, inherit ance, and employment in the formal sector† (Farmer et al., 1996, p. 51). When analyzing cultures and their backgrounds, cultures may vary in what is acceptable in one culture may not be acceptable in another, depending on the culture itself. The belief system in marriages are said to be different between sub Saharan Africa and western societies. When a women marries often at a young age, her husband will take control of the relationship both physical and social, thus this patriarchal view highlights the difficulty for women living in this region to practice safe sex through the use of protection. According to the regional statistics published by UNAIDS, it was reported that in 2013, â€Å"there were 24.7 million people in sub Saharan Africa who were living with HIV/AIDS†. This statistic cannot be overlooked because of the 24.7 million people infected with this disease in this region, women actually accounted for â€Å"58% of the total number of people living with h uman immunodeficiency virus† (UNAIDS.org, 2014). Furthermore, of the 24.7 million individuals infected with HIV/AIDS the provision of