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Religion vs. AIDS By: Hans Rijksen
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Religion “A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny” Many religions in Africa Going to be about: Roman Catholicism Islam Indigenous religions Definition from: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Roman Catholicism Mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa
Can’t use birth control items Ex: Condoms Has big impact on the number of people with AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Islam Mostly in Northern Africa 70 – 100 % of Northern Africa = Muslim
Allowed to use birth control items under certain circumstances
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Indigenous Religions Throughout almost all of Africa
Often don’t know very much about AIDS Can influence their ideas about preventing AIDS
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Comparison In Sub-Saharan Africa 25 – 28.2 mil ppl are infected w/ HIV/AIDS In Northern Africa & Middle East 470 – 730 thousand ppl are infected w/ HIV/AIDS These #s are usually the effect of culture Roman Catholicism’s stance against birth control has caused much more HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa than in Northern Africa Under indigenous cultures, many are not educated well on the subject Causes much of the HIV/AIDS among them Image found at:
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