AIDS progression

I chose this article from care2.com. This article suggests that the fight against AIDS in Africa is progressing significantly. Statistics from this article have shown that 22% decreased from the amount of deaths related to HIV/ AIDS. The article gave three reasons as to why progression is successful now. It is because of 3 reasons including : 1)antiretroviral drugs 2)circumcisions 3)treatment of pregnant women. Drugs have been up and coming in popularity and further studies have advanced the treatment of the drugs significantly. Circumcision just helps prevent infections that linger. And treating pregnant women correctly so they do not spread or get HIV/AIDS.

This article is of great value since HIV/AIDS was a whole section in my African Cultures class which is also the main reason as to why I chose it. I believe that a cure for AIDS is coming. It is in our generation or the next one because of the progress we've made thus far since we can look back to the 80's when no one had a clue what HIV/AIDS was. The epidemic was a scare when icon Earvin "Magic" Johnson was diagnosed with the illness. Magic Johnson was a star in the NBA during the time of his diagnosis. People were scared to play basketball with him because they didn't know the extent of the illness. People expelled him from their lives because they didn't want to catch HIV/AIDS. This is proof that 30 years can make a difference on developing a cure for any illness. Along with HIV/ AIDS, diabetes is very close to a cure. Other illnesses such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Gehrig's disease, etc are under experimentation to find a cure.