Aids spreads in rural Zimbabwe

Aids spreads in rural Zimbabwe
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Farm communities have not changed their sexual behaviour and are contributing greatly to HIV-Aids prevalence in Zimbabwe, the Herald newspaper reported ... This was according to Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa who said settlers in farming areas were scuttling government efforts to reduce the HIV prevalence rate. He was addressing a gathering at Mahume Business Centre in Murehwa at belated provincial World Aids Day commemorations at the weekend. World Aids Day is commemorated annually on December 1 ... In an interview with the Herald, Mebras Zengeya of Mahume Primary School said throughout the year, women, especially widows, and orphans of different ages sell fruits along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road trying to make a living. But they exposed themselves to HIV and Aids by selling sex to haulage truck drivers who use the road ...