Question

Which areas have been hit hardest by the AIDS pandemic?

Answer 1

Swaziland a small country in southeast Africa had the highest percentage of people infected with AIDS

Explanation:

The African Swazi culture was bigamous A man could have several wives. Young men could not afford the bride price and so had to seek other means of sexual release before marriage. These young men became infected with AIDS due to prostitution. Older men with multiple wives also frequented prostitutes.

Lacking modern means of birth control anal sex was the traditional means used to avoid pregnancy. Anal sex is very susceptible to blood exposure leading to AIDS exposure.

The combination of polygamy , prostitution, and anal sex in the African culture lead to the epidemic levels of AIDS infection in Swaziland. ( Note a myth that sex with a virgin could cure
AIDS lead men with AIDS to infect uninfected young girls)