A tale that will have a tragic ending, I'm afraid. There are so many factors underlying this epidemic, not the least of which are ignorance, superstition, rampant warfare (including rape) and apparent unrestrained or unprotected sex.
So sad. But is it preventable in this culture? Doubtful.
Click here for a good summary of the issues faced by sub-Saharan Africa.
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"He does not know, he acknowledged, how much worse that epidemic will become.
Virtually all the Swazis dying today were infected in the 1990's, when the infection rate was far lower than it is today. Those who are just now infected will not fall gravely ill until about 2012 - a tidal wave of illness and death that is still eight years away.
How Lavumisa and other similar towns will cope with that is anyone's guess. 'Nobody has ever walked that road,' Dr. von Wissell said. 'Nobody.' "
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