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THE SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC DIMENSIONS OF AFRICAN HIV/AIDS
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Journal of Health Education Research & Development

ISSN: 2380-5439

Open Access

THE SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC DIMENSIONS OF AFRICAN HIV/AIDS


World Congress on Health and Medical Sociology

September 19-20, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

Douglas A Feldman

State University of New York, USA

Keynote: J Health Edu Res Dev

Abstract :

What are the social and biological factors that have increased the spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa? Today, 69 percent of all persons with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. Factors that will be discussed include the lack of male circumcision, the prevalence of married men having a mistress, possible differences in HIV subtype, dry sex, untreated sexually transmitted infections, multipartnering without a condom, virgin curing, ritual sexual cleansing, growing homophobia, the low status of women, AIDS stigma, and other possible factors. The U.S. President�s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Europe�s Global Program for AIDS. Malaria and Tuberculosis have both had an enormous impact in changing AIDS in Africa from a nearly universally lethal disease 13 years ago into a mostly chronic disease today.

Biography :

Feldman is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at The College at Brockport, SUNY, and former President of the Society for Medical Anthropology. He is the author/ editor of seven books, including AIDS, Culture, and Africa (2008) and AIDS, Culture, and Gay Men (2010). He has conducted HIV/AIDS social and epidemiologic research in the United States, Hungary, Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Senegal.

Email: dfeldman@brockport.edu

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