Religion And Africa By Jenny Trinitapoli And Alexander...

In the book Religion and AIDS in Africa by Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Wienreb, describe the role that religion plays in interpreting, preventing, and coping with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. In my view, the variation across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is due, in part, to different health care and political/government systems. The variation that is seen in healthcare across SSA, where Botswana where programs and access to antiretroviral therapy compared to Zambia. The other variation seen in government influence is that there is a lack of involvement in address HIV/AIDS in South Africa government due to political silence compared to Uganda. With the goal of providing a relationship between religion and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb explore the AIDS and religion in Africa by using a range of African data, with a focus on Malawi and their own Malawi Religion Project. Using mixed methods and data from studies such as the World Value Survey, the Demographic and Health Survey, the Afrobarometer and the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project in exampling to the Western audience what those that have HIV are involved in Africa know which is that religion and AIDS are intertwined and they effect one another. Focusing predominately on Christianity and Islam, and differentiating between the two, this book explains and explores the relationship between AIDS and religion. In the process they expose some popular Western myths