Prelude: In 1959, at the same time the U.S. and the world were celebrating the defeat of polio, a new lethal disease was silently incubating. In Edward Hooper's book, The River, he describes a man degenerating from a myriad of diseases brought about by an indefinable virus. He describes a former sailor named David Carr, as his health steadily and painfully declines. In 1958, the strong, healthy, and soon to be married man, suddenly developed gum …showed first 75 words of 2950 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2950 total…Graphic 4 Uwakwe, Charles B.U.. Socio-Cultural Factors That Predispose Women To HIV/AIDS in the Middle Belt of Nigeria. Electronic Sources Africa Business Network: Country Information Center. URL:http://www.ifc.org/ABN/cic/nigeria/english/nigeria.htm Graphic 2 CIA World Factbook 2000. 1 January 2000. http://www.cia. <gov/cia/publications/Factbook/geos/mx.html.> Nigeria Exchange http://www.nigeria-government.com/homeframe.html The World Bank Group. URL: http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ng2.htm