Is HIV/AIDS a disease of poverty?
Abstract
HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. From the biomedical perspective,
HIV is a virus. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The
virus attacks the immune system, and weakens the body’s ability
to fight infection and disease. In recent years, the participation
of anthropology in health research has been increasing.
Especially, in the 1980s anthropologists were drawn the AIDS
programme to make catalogue cultural practices that might carry
the risk of HIV transmission. By an anthropological perspective,
the HIV/AIDS epidemic is caused by poverty, starvation and
hunger, war, unemployment, uneven regional development, sex
traffic, migration and working away from home, prostitution and
selling sex, drug transactions, and discrimination. This work
considers the way in which poverty affects the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, and the causes of spreading HIV pandemic are not just
evaluated by poverty, also is evaluated considering by wealth.
Keywords
References
- Aggleton P, Davies PM, Hart G. (1992) AIDS: rights, risk and reason. London: Falmer.
Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
December 31, 2018
Submission Date
March 22, 2018
Acceptance Date
December 13, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 9 Number: 2