SOC309Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Rockefeller Foundation, Population Council, Virucide
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Straight people (within this population, straight women are more infected than straight men) Power is the driving force behind the hiv epidemic: Where it does not, the virus thrives. The catastrophic effects of power can be seen worldwide in women and girls: If the were not to die, the would most likely not receive: Binder (guest speaker) has a friend in uganda gets hiv treatment for free but cannot even afford. Band-aids or advil; if she had not sent money, her friend would not have been able to afford cancer treatment. *raping is a well-known weapon of war in the democratic republic of congo prevents the females in that generation from reproducing. Among aboriginal peoples in canada, women comprise 48. 8% of new infections (only 3% of the. In the us, hiv is the leading cause of death among african-american women aged 25-34.
