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**bQXHsKzS** · 06-19-2010, 11:28 AM

Again, AIDS is not universally more common in Africa.

Again, Russia, ukraine and several East European nations have HIV/AIDS rates more than twice as much as that of Somalia's and the rest of "Islamic" Black Africa.

Prevalence rate:

Somalia: 0.5%
Russia: 1.01%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...revalence_rate
(both are 2001 estimates)

So Russians are twice as likely to be HIV positive compared to Somalis. Screening Somalis and not screening Russians goes against your desire to be cost effective.

Sub-sahara Africa is responsible for almost 70% of the worlds Aids/HIV cases, so that is significant, enough to say that yes, it is more common in Africa, more so that the rest of the world put together. And this is just for the cases that are reported; a lot of Africans will not have access to healthcare facilities where it can be recorded and monitored, so I'm quite sure those figures will be much higher.

The Russian rates do indicate that they too should be screened, yes. But we don't get many Russians to the UK. We do get a lot of African immigrants, however. So screening black Africans is essential.

06-19-2010, 11:28 AM	#18
bQXHsKzS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	Again, AIDS is not universally more common in Africa. Again, Russia, ukraine and several East European nations have HIV/AIDS rates more than twice as much as that of Somalia's and the rest of "Islamic" Black Africa. Prevalence rate: Somalia: 0.5% Russia: 1.01% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...revalence_rate (both are 2001 estimates) So Russians are twice as likely to be HIV positive compared to Somalis. Screening Somalis and not screening Russians goes against your desire to be cost effective. Sub-sahara Africa is responsible for almost 70% of the worlds Aids/HIV cases, so that is significant, enough to say that yes, it is more common in Africa, more so that the rest of the world put together. And this is just for the cases that are reported; a lot of Africans will not have access to healthcare facilities where it can be recorded and monitored, so I'm quite sure those figures will be much higher. The Russian rates do indicate that they too should be screened, yes. But we don't get many Russians to the UK. We do get a lot of African immigrants, however. So screening black Africans is essential.
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