AIDS IN AFRICA

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01 February 2009

Aids In Africa

The pandemic brought about by the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS ) in Africa has become a very popular among healthcare experts , and interestingly , also among U .S . policymakers . This level of attention is due to the high mortality rate of AIDS victims in the said region as well as the significantly low life-expectancy among those infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ) - the pathogen that causes AIDS . In to have a broader understanding about the four different kinds of literature

related to the will be used to analyze the impact of the AIDS pandemic in Africa

Infectious Diseases Epidemiology

The first source that will be analyzed is a reference book entitled Infectious Diseases Epidemiology : Theory and Practice . This reference books deal with the transmission and control of diseases and it has a section dealing with AIDS /HIV . The authors were able to fully explain how AIDS is transmitted and also how to control the spread of the virus There is also a section that describes one of the most ambitious plans to significantly reduce the impact of AIDS /HIV in Africa

This source is valid and reliable as it is consistent with other sources that will be reviewed later in this study . Aside from that , the publisher , Jones and Bartlett in Massachusetts is a reputable publishing house . This source provides an overview of the AIDS /HIV problem in general and also provides information why it is very...