Aids In Brazil Essay

HIV/AIDS was considered to be most prominent in, although not contained to, Africa, south of the Sarah desert. It spread throughout the world quickly with different strands to release the unanswered question: how do we treat aids? Some countries were able to reduce the amount of victims taken in by this disease while others rapidly increasing without the slightest idea of how to stop it. In 1990, about 1 percent of the population in Brazil was said to have HIV/AIDS, however since then they have been able to lower the number closer to 0.6 percent. On the opposite side of the spectrum, the Sub- Saharan region of Africa has had an unfortunate increase in cases to about 30 percent of citizens. In comparison to something a little closer to home, in America between 1990 and 2010 the number of people living with HIV/AIDS increased from 0.3 percent to nearly 0.4 percent. Why is it that Brazil can keep its numbers lower than other countries around the world?

Funding in each government plays a significant role in the differences between Brazil and South Africa. In 2010/2011 Brazil had more than twice the amount of money as South Africa. Brazil had 2.284 billion dollars, while South Africa only had 554 billion dollars. With a lower gross domestic product amount, the country is less likely to be able to fund patient treatment and fight back against HIV/AIDS. The World Fact Book says that in Brazil, only twenty-six percent of their population was living under the poverty level and even better yet, only six percent of the population was unemployed in 2009. In contrast to Brazil, it also says that in South Africa twenty- four percent of the population was unemployed while about half of the population was living in poverty in