Malnutrition is a problem that southern Africa face for many year and they don't seem to find the solution. The causes of this Huge crises can be found in some of the social issues below.

AIDS. This is the first food crisis in history in which AIDS is a major factor. The virus has decimated work forces, strained already overburdened health systems and left a new generation of orphans.

Cuts in socialized health programs in the 1990s. The cuts were often made at the insistence of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

This alliance of natural disaster and human folly is gnawing at the twin pillars of African society, the family and the village. As parents die of AIDS and other illnesses, young orphans and aging grandmothers are becoming heads of households. Neighbors are stealing from neighbors, and uncles are torturing their starving nephews. Children are collapsing in school or dropping out to help feed their families. Men, out of work and out of confidence, are abandoning their families. Women are turning to prostitution and adultery to feed their babies."

Mistrust of the West. Doubts about the West's biotechnology have prompted Zambia to reject U.S. aid shipments of genetically modified corn.

The spread of market capitalism. In the 1990s, market capitalism slashed or privatized sou

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