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Article: Three Approaches to Beating the AIDS Epidemic in South Africa Source Article Retrieved From: New York Times (Online Website) Date: August 25th, 2014 The title of the article is “Three Approaches to Beating the AIDS Epidemic in South Africa”. It was published on August 25,2014 by Donald G. McNEIL Jr. The writer discusses the development of three different ways, which helps AIDS from continuously spreading throughout South Africa, as well as other parts of the world. In my opinion this article is really important because AIDS is a well know virus that’s killing off people in the world. No cure has been developed for the disease, but there are treatments in order to expand the individuals infected life expectancy. The three different approaches they use are The Sex Workers Project, Ndlovu Care Group, and Doctors Without Borders’ Ubuntu Clinic. A woman named Ms. Sibanyoni runs the Sex Workers Project, her life experience is what led her to this creation. This approach focuses on prostitutes. The project is stationed at cheap hotels located in the Hillbrow neighborhood. Sibanyoni believed “For the women, time is money, and they have no time, so we take the services to them”(New York Times). Since prostitutes work at night and sleep during the day, in the afternoon the nurses gives the women “gynecological examinations, treat venereal diseases, offer birth control and abortion referrals, and give H.I.V. tests” (New York Times). A man named Dr. Hugo Templeman is in charge of The Ndlovu Care Group. This group mainly focuses on raising money for the cure of AIDS. Because Dr. Templeman is known as a “fund raising genius”, he uses skills in order to put together fundraiser for the AIDS epidemic. Doctors Without Borders’ Ubuntu Clinic is known for making sure patients are consistently taking their medicine when expected to. Studies have shown that nationally 60 percent of patients remain on drugs after 4 years of being infected, but it has increased to 90 percent and above. The author uses an informative tone in order to express the situation. That’s because he wants the reader to understand how serious of matter it is, and how many organizations and individuals are involved in order to help this disease from spreading, in otherwise beat the disease. We haven’t discussed this tone in class, but I’m sure we will eventually. The impression I get from the tone used in the article is positive and hopeful. It’s good to know that many individuals are giving up their time in order to help fight a disease that’s killing off largely amounts of people. I also like the fact that it’s broken down in groups of approaches, because in my opinion when you break things down into a group and then bring it together, the results tend to show a positive outcome. That’s because each group has it’s own focus, meaning they know what’s expected of them. As well as what they are interested in doing to help prevent this disease. The source of the story is from the New York Times. I believe the source does impact the choice of tone. Being that it’s coming from a newspaper company, their objective is to inform readers about issues going on in the world. For example, just reading this article I have learned something new about the fight to beating AIDS. My personal thought is that it’s sad to hear about an infection that’s terrorizing a lot of people’s lives. However, I hope these organizations and groups of individuals continue to take part in this act, because AIDS is a serious disease around the world.