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In this article, the writer examines the problem of AIDS in South Africa. The writer discusses the social and cultural effects of AIDS in this area. The writer also looks at the reasons for the spreading of AIDS in South Africa and maintains that this is due to a mixture of common and unique social, cultural and geographical factors. The writer concludes that these factors have combined to produce a overpowering and dangerous force in the region.

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"The impact of social and cultural influences on the prevalence and pattern of AIDS in South Africa has been profound. Due to a combination of common and unique social, cultural, and geographical factors such as rampant prostitution, high levels of unprotected sex, the mobility of migrant workers, reluctance to discuss issues involving sex, and the low utilization of condoms, AIDS has become an overwhelming, lethal, merciless, full-time killer in this country."

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