DEVELOPMENT
      When talking about development, which most definitely affects how many disease and what type of disease a country gets, what is taken into consideration? According to UN's HDI (human development index), the things taken into consideration are life expectancy, the way you live life, and illiteracy rate are what determines how develop a country is.
      Lets look at those aspects in Africa. In Africa, the life expectancy varies from country to country, but it is said that the average life expectancy is somewhere between 40-60. This is very low compared to the 70s of other countries. Living in Africa, is no walk in the park, they have little hospitals, dirty water, and few medical buildings. Living is not easy. The illiteracy rate for the countries in Africa vary widely as well, but the average seems to be between 24% to even as much 63%.
    According to UN, with all these poor conditions in Africa, they are not developed. This makes it hard for them to do things, and help their people. Things can change, but it isn't all that easy, but change is good and like it is now, it is very needed.

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RELIGIOUS TIES WITH AIDS
     One very important part of the argument that not many people ever seem to point out when talking about HIV/AIDS and its growth is religion. While religion isn't always the reason the disease is transmitted, it does play an important part (not always in a good way) some of the time.
      Many people believe religion should not be associated with disease and bad things, but the truth of the matter is, that religion has rules and these rules can very much so impact the HIV rate in some cultures. An example of these rules can be shown by the Catholic religion. In Catholicism, the use of condoms and contraceptives is a big no. It is also not allowed to have sex before marriage. The not allowing of people to use condoms, can cause (when being involved in intercourse) for the male body parts and the women body parts to fully touch, this is what will spread the disease. Catholicism is also the most followed religion in the world, this could be a reason why some people can be infected. Other huge religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism are also against the use of condoms.

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GOING BACK TO THE START
   HIV/AIDS is not a disease that only can affect the human race, but animals as well. The disease has been found in a number of different animals, including cats, sheep, and horses. However, the most interesting case has to be the investigation into the origins of HIV through the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) that affects monkeys, which is believed to be at least 32,000 years old. 

   In February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama made a startling discovery. They discovered that a type of SIV was identical to the HIV we know now. This sample came from a frozen chimpanzee from who's race was once very common in Africa. It is not known exactly how the virus got around to humans, but there are many theories. For example, there is a hunter theory in which the hunter got some chimpanzee blood on him and then went on to spreading it by accident. Most scientists do accept though that it was spread from animal to human through sex. 

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