267:. However, Knowledge does not demonstrate a link between HIV/AIDS and poverty or describe the long-term effects of apartheid on health disparities in South Africa. Although direct racial segregation and discrimination are no longer legal in South Africa, the aftermath of apartheid has left non-white South Africans in an extremely disadvantaged position. HIV/AIDS is prevalent in the entire country of South Africa, but it is concentrated in townships due to poverty and a lack of HIV/AIDS education and awareness programs. I wanted to create a new article about HIV/AIDS in South African townships to inform readers about the plight of apartheid victims, eighteen years after the legal disintegration of apartheid, in accessing health care and attaining HIV/AIDS education.
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beginning of the sentence. Perhaps you should add quotation marks to these words to make it clear that you are not paraphrasing the study's findings with harsher words. Also, you use a lot of percentages under the section on "Prevalence," which makes it a little hard to follow, but not significantly. Perhaps you can add a map, if available, showing the differences in percentage of HIV positive people in the differing areas of Africa to supplement your writing.
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would be helpful in your introduction in the section for cultural beliefs about transmission to remind readers of the scientific and actual reasons. 2) Some of the category titles can be a bit clearer, such as "Rape AS A CURE", "women AS CARRIERS" "HIV/AIDS education and AWARENESS", "INFLUENCE/ ROLE OF Churches" . 3) A bit more depth/ detail on efforts to address the epidemic, in both governmental and NGO sections.
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Jak8, this is a great and informative article! Very well-written and well-organized. A couple of suggestions:1) In your introduction, you could add a brief sentence or phrase just to explain HIV/AIDS, at least mention it is a sexually transmitted disease. A reminder of the 3 modes of transmission
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As part of an intensive course study this semester, I have created a new
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