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What can we learn by comparing practices and customs in different societies around the world?

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The Role of the Church and Other Public Health Providers in the Fight against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Kalemba Mwambazambi

The spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa poses an enormous challenge for public health providers in countries that are already weakened by many other evils such as poverty, wars, corruption, social injustice, and political conflicts. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a drop of water in a bucket already overflowing. Within the context of African concepts of family, sexuality, and of the pandemic itself, this article analyzes the tasks of public health providers, communities, and government. It emphasizes the role of families and the church in stemming the exponential spread of this pandemic.

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