Worksheet3: Identifying the causes of the problem

Date: Group Members:

Your problem (phrase): HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Briefly list several underlying factors that contribute to the problem that you have identified (support these factors with evidence):

• The numerous conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa facilitate the spread of AIDS among combatants
• The medical treatments that have reduced the AIDS death rate in industrialized countries are not widespread in Africa

• Doctors and nurses are dying faster than they can be replaced in Africa

• There is a lack of education in Africa about prevention of AIDS