The African Aids Epidemic By John Iliffe - 972 Words

People all over the world avoid talking about diseases specially sexually transmitted diseases because they think that if people do not speak about it, it will disappear or it does not exist and that is not true. HIV and other disease have been in the world for more than three decades. I like reading books that interest me and Africa is one of many topics I want to learn more about. In the first book I read A story the African Aids Epidemic by John Iliffe the author talks about why the Aids epidemic started and how long did it take to actually name the virus. This book was written based on multiple articles and books that John Iliffe read. The second book is Scrambling for America by Johanna Crane talks about not only the resources that people were able to get but also how the clinic has grown from small to big. This book has changed the way I think about HIV and how society shapes people. In John Iliffe book A story the African Aids Epidemic his argument about why Africa has had the worst HIV/AIDS epidemic is because it was the first epidemic. The virus was in Africa for a long time before actually becoming an epidemic or even having a name. The biggest problem that leads to the epidemic, was the silence of the people †Silence expansion† (John, 158). People had the symptoms but did not speak out. Fear and shame were their main reason, but also because they did not know about the virus even if they had symptoms. Before the disease was named, the local people from UgandaShow MoreRelatedShould The Hiv / Aids Epidemic?918 Words   |  4 Pagesthe HIV/AIDs epidemic in Africa be described as a feminist issue? With higher transmission rates concentrated among African women, and the vast majority of new mother-child transmissions occurring within African countries, HIV seemingly fits into the scope of feminist concerns. As described in Oppong and Kalipeni’s contribution to Kalipeni, et.al.’s HIV AIDS in African: Beyond Epidemiology, the consistent classifying of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as being the direct result of distinct African sexuality