The problem is all the greater because Zambians are reluctant to accept that HIV is the cause of all the dying. Survivors prefer to say that family members died form tuberculosis or meningitis, common AIDS related conditions. Physicians encourage euphemism by falsifying death certificated, because they know that honesty means the survivors spouse and children may be shunned, even turned out of their homes. Often the truth is withhe

Male promiscuity is accepted, even expected in Zambian culture, which is a contributing factor to the high HIV/AIDS rate. A study has shown that men who tend to have extramarital sex partners are more likely and are therefore apt to contract STDs, including HIV, are more likely to abuse their wives. Therefore, woman in this situation don't have the ability physically or economically to negotiate use of condoms, fidelity, or leave their relationships.

ld from AIDS patients because they claim it will distress them too much.

Woman are likewise often powerless to avoid infecting their own children. Even a baby who manages to avoid contracting HIV in utero or during delivery has about a one in three chance of getting the virus from breast-feeding. Yet women continue to nurse, because formula is expensive, and any mother who feeds her child infant formula is assumed to be HIV positive and risks ostracism. Anti-AIDS drugs such as AZT or nevirapine, which can lower the

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