Africa Feedback #1

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Who?
The citizens of Sierra Leone are willingly being tested to check their HIV/AIDS status. This prgram is run by the US embassy in Sierra Leone.

What?
There is a program set up by the American embassy to test the citizens for HIV/AIDS.

When?
The Americans have been trying to set up the program properly and more open to the public since 2005. However, because of the reason hype and awareness over HIV/AIDS, many more are voluntarily coming to the testing centers and being checked on their status with the disease.

Where?
Sierra Leone, Africa. There have been 258 testing sites set up all over the country.

Why?
HIV/AIDS is rapidly spreading over the entire African continent. And because Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations in Africa and lacks the usual medicine and technology that is essential to live with HIV/AIDS, thousands of Sierra Leonians are dying from this disease. Also without the proper treatment for mothers with HIV/AIDS, the disease is being spread through many generations of people, when the transmission of the disease between mother and child could be easily prevented with a vaccination. People need to be aware of their status, and if they test positive, need to be treated. And this is an excelletn opportunity to make life easier for people in Sierra Leone who are born or contract HIV/AIDS.

How?
The American embassy is providing the vaccinations and examinations for the African people who come to the testing center. They are checked for HIV/AIDS just like everybody else, but I'm not exactly sure how you check someone for that.

This news is essential to the African newspapers because Africa has been the continent most effected by HIV/AIDS. They are essential to spread awareness about the disease, to encourage people to get themselves tested for the disease, and to notify people of the good of vaccination is, and what thei own governments are doing to assist te fight against HIV/AIDS. It also encourages people to join the fight against it, and to belong to a group that is doing good to this not so wealthy African country.