Ddoms In Mozambique

Africa was thought to be a lost continent with constant wars and famine. For the last twenty years Africa as a whole has been going through a resurgence. The “Bottom Billion” refers to countries where the population lives on less than two dollars a day. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, but there is hope. According to the African Development Bank Group in 2015 alone real Gross Domestic Product grew by 8.1%. Even with impressive growth throughout the years Mozambique to plagued by the disease that has claimed so many lives. With an aggressive public awareness campaign the promoted use of condoms will help eradicate HIV/AIDS in Mozambique.
The history of Mozambique is a troubled one. For the first five hundred years of inception Mozambique was an imperial colony of the Portuguese empire. After official borders were drawn in the scramble of Africa the Portuguese regime held an iron grip for the next one hundred years. The reason why the Portuguese held on two this stretch of coastline for so long was because Mozambique has rich mining potential as well as geo-strategic significance. Mozambique acts as a …show more content…
In a country like Mozambique every dollar has to go to a good cause. It is hard not to think of families that wonder how they can feed their families when food is not a guarantee. Advocating for condoms in the third world might be at the bottom of basic necessities until one looks at the big picture. How relieved would a family be if they only had to take care of two kids and not five? The majority of the population is under the age of thirty. Would not these young adults be more relieved if they did not have to worry about their partner having STD? Condoms will not stop all transmissions of HIV/AIDS but they can help considerably. Companies can still make a profit and do good for the world. In order for progress to fully take shape HIV/AIDS has to be like the lost continent, a thing of the