12 April 2001

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Adapt or die – AIDS compels review of cultural practices
Living with AIDS programme 27

The impact of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe has forced communities to take a sober look at certain cultural practices that were previously accepted without question. Zimbabwe, which shares an AIDS profile similar to South Africa's with around one in four adults HIV positive, has had to revise its life expectancy downwards from 65 to 43 years because of the disease. Sue Valentine spoke to Zimbabwean AIDS worker Caroline Maposhere about how certain cultural practices are changing because of the epidemic.
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Living with AIDS programme 27

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