THE TRUTH BEHIND THE DISEASE

With the rate at which HIV/AIDS is going globally, it looks as if there would never be a cure for the disease. I don’t want to be pessimistic but the truth is that nothing seems to be working. Many agencies, bodies, organizations from different countries have introduced different approaches on how to curb the deadly disease. The rate of HIV/AIDS in Africa is alarming. One will think that the disease emanated from Africa.

The issue at hand now is not where it emanated from but to critically look at the rate at which the virus is increasing in Africa compared to other continent. The question now is how come the virus is on the increase in Africa? Is it that Africans don’t really adhere to simple instructions or do we get false statistics of HIV/AIDS affected victims?

While writing this piece, I look at it that people might think I’m going back to issues that might have been discussed in the past. The issue remains that we cannot fight H.I.V/A.I.D.S without getting those questions answered. We need to know the reason why the disease is on the increase and in Africa.

Is it that after all meetings, conferences, summits held in different countries of the world, with all the expensive adverts we place on electronic and print media about the epidemic, we still have it on the increase? Why the increase? Have we really achieved anything? If we have, is the ratio not going to be like ratio 5:7000 comparing our achievement to the whole lot of people dying of the disease?

Going to the issue of statistics, are we really getting the actual figure of HIV/AIDS victims? Is it not been inflated so we can all get a lot of grants from donor countries to help fight the epidemic? Are we sure that those adverts are really getting to where it should? Is the issue been preached the way it should? Although, we cannot get the actual number of infected people. We can only give a rough estimation but is our estimated figure not been inflated?

In order not to deceive ourselves thinking that we’re achieving something, we should really call a spade a spade and fight this deadly disease to the end. In my own view, let’s all admit we’ve failed in arresting this situation and look for another techniques and strategies in curbing the virus. Just look around and you’ll see that people are still dying day in day out, especially young people. How can we save those innocent children from dying of what they know nothing about? If we did pass a bill now or come up with another strategy on how to curb the spread, let’s also look at the outcome and know if we are doing well. We don’t need to relent. We need to push on.

I will not conclude on this topic now because I know we have a lot of intellects that would love to discuss this topic further. Then, maybe somebody somewhere will understand me better. Let’s stop the spread now. It’s really getting wider by the day.

I want to commend those people that have been in the race for a long time now but we can not stop now until it’s over. More grease to your elbow.