CHAPTER 3

South Africa Launches New AIDS Drug Initiative

1. Of those who need it, about what proportion of South Africans are receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS?

10 percent

15 percent

20 percent

25 percent

2. In South Africa people begin treatment when

Their blood test is positive for HIV

Five years after a positive blood test

When they have full-blown AIDS

When they are near death

3. Many women do not tell anyone they are sick because

They cannot afford treatment

They fear expulsion from their families or violence from their partners

They hope the illness will go away if it is ignored

They are too busy with the work they have to do

4. Having an especially hard time adhering to the medication regime are

The elderly

Working women

Working men

Young people

5. One problem is that HIV is different from other diseases in that

It is a social disease as well as a physical disease

It is debilitating right from the start

It is invariably fatal

It is contagious only under certain conditions