http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/aids-epidemic Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:03:00 -0400 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:03:00 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1/controlling-and-preventing-hiv-in-southern-africa By Dustin R. Turin - Other populations throughout the globe maintain the highest rates of HIV prevalence in concentrated sub-population groups deemed “high-risk” for contracting the virus. These groups include men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug users (IDU), and sex-workers. These high-risk population groups are the only populations out of Africa that have historically reached HIV infection rates comparable with those in Southern Africa. For instance, in 1990 HIV prevalence for IDU reached 50% in Bangkok, Thailand while in the United States, “57 percent of AIDS cases were infected through... Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:20 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1/controlling-and-preventing-hiv-in-southern-africa