Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences

Year: 2011
Volume: 8
Issue: 5
Page No. 247 - 254

HIV/AIDS and Diplomacy of Domination

Authors : Abubakar Mahmud

Abstract: It was Thomas R. Malthus in 1798 that attributed virtually all major social problems to human population growth and advocates population control as the solution to these problems. Elementary game theory and the concept of territorial justice in geography were used as methods to display strategic interactions among allies between opposing alliances and among agents within the procurement process. The study observed that HIV/AIDS virus did not exist anywhere in nature the question is raised as to where exactly the virus, all of sudden, stem from and its outbreak has been linked to vaccine programmes around the world so that the US strategic interests in the Southern hemisphere could not be adversely affected access to critical minerals in Africa and oil in the Middle East, for example the protection of US investments and other financial interests as in Latin America; usage of waterways and routes of transit throughout the world and military based agreements particularly in Asia. AIDS is expected to lower life expectancy in many countries. In Uganda, life expectancy is expected to drop to 32 years by 2015 where as without AIDS it would be 59. In Thailand life expectancy is expected to drop from 75-45 years during the same period. In Botswana and Malawi life expectancy is expected to drop from 79-39 years, 38 years in Zambia and 37 years in Sierra Leone. Similarly, AIDS is the major cause of infant mortality and is much higher in the Third World. For instance, in Africa it ranges from 50 to over 150 deaths per 1,000 births. This study concluded that while the AIDS epidemic will not lower population in the Third World countries, it will lead to large reduction in population growth in some of the worst affected countries from this deadly and artificially engineered disease.

How to cite this article:

Abubakar Mahmud , 2011. HIV/AIDS and Diplomacy of Domination. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 8: 247-254.

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