We've just concluded our unit on HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Post to comments either one reflection - some aspect of the disease or epidemic that continues to make you think - or one lingering question. The question, too, can be about the disease itself or the epidemic.
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How much violence correlates with HIV/AIDS itself? The movie depicted Yesterday's husband hitting her, is this an act that is proven statistically to be connected to the disease in South Africa? If the number of infected people decreased would the number of violence-free and continuously married couples increase? Would the role gender plays differ in marriages in turns of power?
-Lena
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After learning about this unit, my lingering question is why does South Africa has an epidemic and not another place? Why does South Africa have the largest HIV/AIDS population in the world?
I think I have a few ideas especially after writing the DBQ. Maybe it's because the government (especially Thabo Mbeki) denied the facts and kept the problem going without a treatment...but did that cause the epidemic or was HIV/AIDS already a huge problem before Thabo Mbeki became president?
This unit also makes me think about the responsibilities of other countries and how much other places should get involved if there is a problem in another country. I think countries should help other countries when they are in such desperate need of help. But of course you have to think about what the government and the country wants for themselves.
This topic was really interesting and I learned a lot.
--Tristan
One of my lingering questions is how many people in the world have HIV/AIDS? Or what is the percentage of the world's population that has bee diagnosed with HIV/AIDS?
I know that the epidemic is really big in South Africa but I was wondering how big the problem is world wide.
My other question is if Jacob Zuma still believes/promotes the shower theory? And if so, do a lot of people believe him or do they listen more to the facts?
-Maddy
As I was writing my DBQ, I was wondering why someone didn't knock some sense into Thabo Mbeki and Dr. Manto. I understand that the purpose of the Durban Declaration was to try and convince him to change his views but clearly that did not work. How is it that there are so many people in South Africa but this man who has the power is able to make terrible decisions for an entire country?
As I was watching the movie I noticed that the people in the village acted like HIV/AIDS was a disease that they had never encountered before. This reminded me of the lack of education on HIV/AIDS. However, if this disease is so prevalent in South Africa, how is there a lack of knowledge about the disease?
- Kennedy
I found the readings about the trial of the president after Thabo Mbeki, really interesting. It showed how little the general population of South Africa knew about HIV/AIDS at the time. I also wondered why someone on trial would be the president of South Africa
-sabrina
I don't know, I really don't. I don't think I have anything to say, anything to ask. I don't think there's anything left. No questions here.... The whole topic of HIV/AIDS in South Africa (or anywhere in Africa for that matter) is pretty depressing, quite devastating really. AIDS is terrible, it really is. AIDS is awful anywhere, be it South Africa, Canada, or Scotland--- it's all relative. As I was able to discuss in my DBQ, I think that the world has witnessed the transition from AIDS as a pure death sentence (1980-1985) to a somewhat manageable disease (if you think the taking of multiple medications a day and experiencing the tremendous side-effects as "manageable"). However, as we've learned and as we've seen ("Yesterday"), HIV-positive South Africans have it particularly bad, for obvious reasons. There is no denying that. This, this I have learned. I enjoyed this topic, I really did. That's it. Thanks, Myles.
Something that has made me angry was the lack of importance put on condoms during the epidemic. I'm aware there have been ads that promote using condoms, however the majority of those ads were put out to late into the epidemic. I wish these ads were put out in the 80's to help stop the spread of HIV / AIDS.
I understand that because of the constant mutating as of know there isn't a cure for HIV / AIDS. My question is: Is it scientifically possible to slow down the mutation in HIV / AIDS so that one day there will be a cure?
-Izzy
If Thabo Mbeki and his whole entire denialist crew (Manto, etc.) was not in a country like South Africa, and say, Canada or Spain, how do you think the world would take on the situation? The same or differently?
-Will
After studying HIV/AIDS and learning about treatments (or lack there of), my question is where is the research going? Is there a more effective treatment or cure (if that's even possible) in the near future? I know we talked about the difficulty of creating a vaccine, but will that ever be attainable?
-Olivia
How does South Africa celebrate the World Aids Day? Since South Africa is the country with the largest population of Aids, I'm just curious as to how they approach the day? (Or any country really.)
Is the discussion of whether someone has HIV/AIDS still taboo?
-DeAndra
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