Migration, mines and mores: the HIV epidemic in southern Africa †

摘要: The seriousness of the HIV epidemic in southern and eastern Africa has its roots 19th century—in employment practices instituted on mines, farms cities, where millions men have, ever since, lived apart from their families for greater part each year. This destruction family unit was a sociological disaster waiting arrival is source many other social ills—not least increasingly violent nature South African society. In short term we can promote prevention measures such as male circumcision condom use. medium term, hope that billions already spent microbicide vaccine research begin to pay dividends. long need change fundamentally way people live.