Why is there such a difference in how Countries deal with HIV/Aids?

Throughout the world there are many different approaches that countries have attempted to control the Aids/HIV epidemic. In the literature AIDS, Inc. by Helen Epstein, she discusses the ways South African has been dealing with the epidemic compared to other African countries. The lovelife program became South America’s biggest HIV/Aids prevention program. The program targeted teenagers by developing an ad campaign that was positive and captivating but also educating to the public of the risks of having sex and it’s consequences. They also created Y-centers where children could play sports and learn other skills. Though lovelife gave opportunities for the youth to receive family planning advice and testing for sexually transmitted diseases at these centers they were not tackling the real problem at hand. They were not talking about  AIDS. Harrison shares a conversation she had with one of the Lovelife workers, “These young people were certainly talking about sexual  relationships all right, just as Harriosn prescribes. Never less, I felt something was missing. ‘Do you ever talk about AIDS in those discussion groups?’ I asked the Groundbreaker afterward. ‘We do it indirectly,’ she replied. ‘We know that if we just came out and started lecturing them about aids they wouldn’t listen. they would just turn off. So we talk about positive thing, like making informed choices, sharing responsibility, and positive sexuality.” Even after all the expenses of these programs South America’s HIV/Aids rates were increasing unlike the rates in Uganda. Uganda had taken a different route as an attempt to decrease the rate of HIV/Aids. Ugandans took the approach of just talking about the epidemic. Known as social cohesion, the idea that  people who talk openly with one another about their thoughts and feelings form trusted relationships. These conversations had between people about the real problem at hand, social cohesion will prove to be more beneficial than the what lovelife had attempted to do without the large cost. HIV/Aids rate decreased in Uganda just because people were having open trusted conversations.