Question

What are the theories that were advanced to explain the origin of the HIV virus​

Answer 1

• Despite three decades of public health promotion based on the scientific explanation of HIV/AIDS, alternative explanations of the disease continue to circulate.
• While these are seen as counter-productive to health education efforts, what is rarely analysed is their plurality and their tenacity.
• This article analyses the 'AIDS myths' collected by African HIV/AIDS workplace peer educators during an action research project.
• These beliefs about HIV/AIDS are organised, in this article, around core ideas that form the basis of 'folk' and 'lay theories' of HIV/AIDS.