- HIV stand for human immunity deficiency virus and aids stand for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Getting HIV infection leads to weakening of immunity system. This makes a person with HIV vulnerable to illness HIV/AIDS is a killer disease which has no cure or vaccine.
The following are customs and cultural practices that lead to spread of HIV/AIDS and STI’S
- Female genital mutilation; (Women circumcision) can lead to the spread of HIV if the instrument used are not sterilized and are used by the group being circumcised. Most of the instrument used is knives razor blades pair of scissor and any other sharp tool. Some tribes do out tribal marks on bodies of. Some kinds claiming that they want to shed off dirty bloods. Since the instrumental used are not sterilized this practice can lead spread of HIV/AIDS to the kids.
- Inheritance of widows; May contract or spread HIV from or to man who inherit them.
- Traditional dance; Certain traditional dances are accompanied by alcohol drinking which always tend to draw men and women into sexual intercourse.
- Use of traditional midwives; who are not well trained may lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS to both mother and the newly born baby due to using of unsterilized instruments.
- Polygamist; May also be a potential cause of HIV/AIDS. Once one the of them gets HIV/AIDS all will also get.
- Early and forced marriages; can create problems when someone is forced to be married to a certain man and woman who has HIV/AIDS.
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