Articles on the AIDS Crisis

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Articles on the AIDS Crisis
This paper will compare and contrast the research methods used in two articles, HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA: STEPS TO PREVENTION HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” from 2000 “U.S. RESPONSE TO GLOBAL AIDS CRISIS: A TWO-YEAR REVIEW HEARING and BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS” from 2005, and discuss the comparative strengths and weaknesses of each article’s methodology.
The first article is a hearing of a subcommittee of the Committee of International Relations in which the issue of how to deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa was discussed. Based on the information from the...

.....ce of experts for the first paper seems to be much more comprehensive. Finally, little focus was given in the second paper on the issues accompanying the AIDS/HIV crisis: orphans, lacks of health care and testing, women’s rights, poverty, etc. The strategy focused mainly on prevention strategies and treatment.
Works Cited
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on International Relations. Sub-Committee on Africa. HIV/AIDS in Africa: Steps to Prevention. Hearing, 27. Sept. 2000. Washington: US Government Printing Office, 2001.
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on International Relations. US Response to Global AIDS Crisis: A Two year Review. Hearing, 13. April. 2000. Washington: US Government Printing Office, 2001.