South Africa has been most severely affected by the HIV epidemic, thereby having the highest HIV prevalence in the world (Pettifor et. al, 2011). When HIV was first discovered in South Africa, it affected a lot of the urban populations and spread to the rural parts of South Africa. Further, studies have found that HIV prevalence is much higher is urban townships and urban informal settings which are characterized by their poor economic infrastructures and larger social densities (Kalichman et. al, 2005). Although the Pettifor et. al (2006) study concludes that South Africans practice safer sex in comparison to their American counterparts, the prevalence is still significantly higher.
The higher rates of HIV prevalence can be explained by the reduced immunity to the infection due to individuals who have been previously infected by multiple factors such as stress, repeated infections, malnutrition and most importantly, poverty (Phatlane, 2003). Individuals living in poverty are …show more content…
The apartheid was a system that was formalized by The National Party of South Africa in 1948. The National Party believed peaceful coexistence could only be preserved through racial segregation; specifically, this would prevent whites being dominated by blacks, who made up 80 percent of the population in South Africa (Price, 1986). Two policies called ‘influx control’ and ‘resettlement’ supplemented the segregation by “non-white settlement in [designated] white and particularly in urban areas” (Susser and Cherry, 1982). This was augmented by resettlement policies, which sanctioned the “mass removal of non-white communities from areas designated for whites” (Susser and Cherry, 1982). Much like the Indigenous populations being displaced to rural regions of Canada, the Africans were displaced to rural regions referred to as
The higher rates of HIV prevalence can be explained by the reduced immunity to the infection due to individuals who have been previously infected by multiple factors such as stress, repeated infections, malnutrition and most importantly, poverty (Phatlane, 2003). Individuals living in poverty are …show more content…
The apartheid was a system that was formalized by The National Party of South Africa in 1948. The National Party believed peaceful coexistence could only be preserved through racial segregation; specifically, this would prevent whites being dominated by blacks, who made up 80 percent of the population in South Africa (Price, 1986). Two policies called ‘influx control’ and ‘resettlement’ supplemented the segregation by “non-white settlement in [designated] white and particularly in urban areas” (Susser and Cherry, 1982). This was augmented by resettlement policies, which sanctioned the “mass removal of non-white communities from areas designated for whites” (Susser and Cherry, 1982). Much like the Indigenous populations being displaced to rural regions of Canada, the Africans were displaced to rural regions referred to as