Douglas A Feldman
State University of New York, USA
Keynote: J Health Edu Res Dev
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.
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
Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi 