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Research Proposal: Educating Sub-Saharan Women

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women account for almost half of all adult HIV/AIDS infections (Have you heard me today?, 2004). That percentage does not hold true for Sub-Saharan Africa, however. In an  address to the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in 2004, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan explained to conference attendees that as of July 2004, women account for at least  58 percent of all adult infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Further, among those under the age of 24, "girls and young women make up nearly two thirds of those living  with HIV" (Annan, 2004). The HIV/AIDS pandemic as it exists in Africa is complex, but one of the problems associated with it is  that the education of girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa still is regarded as being unnecessary. The UNs organization for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and other organizations seek to change that  situation. The purpose here is to propose a research effort investigating the probable result of directly educating sub-Saharan women. Research Goals and Objectives  The desired end goal is to design a program addressing topics particularly applicable to women in sub-Saharan Africa, including both social structures and specifics of disease transmission and development.  Nutritional needs will be a part of the effort. The hypothesis is that "educating women will empower them making them less vulnerable  and therefore decrease the" prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). In turn, the hope is that the effort will positively contribute to increased condom use, better educational results and slowing  of the rate at which sub-Saharan children are orphaned. Literature Review One extremely disturbing development in the study of the spread of HIV/AIDS