HIV in South AfricaThe HIV problem is a growing concern worldwide, but in no country has HIV had a greater effect on the population than in South Africa. Research has found that there are approximately 6.4 million people infected with HIV in South Africa, giving the country an overall infection rate of 12.2% (Shisana et al., 2014). This makes South Africa the country with the highest rate of people infected with HIV in the world. New infections occur at a rate of approximately 100,000 cases per year (Republic of South Africa, 2012). While other countries have managed to slow the spread of HIV, in South Africa the problem has become a major public health problem. The first case of HIV in South Africa was detected in a gay man in 1982 and was diagnosed in a black southern country. African for the first time in 1987 (McNeil, nd). At the time, it was considered a disease that only affected the country's poor gay and black populations. It was not until 1991, when the number of infected people reached tens of thousands, that the government paid serious attention to the growing epidemic (McNeil, n.d.). Today, South Africa's black population is most affected by this virus, with an HIV prevalence of around 15%, which is considerably higher than the prevalence rates of other ethnic groups in the country, which vary between 0.3 and 3.1% (Shisana et al., 2014). Many factors contributed to the speed with which the HIV virus spread in South Africa. The country's history of apartheid governance created an environment in which the medical needs of black South Africans were considered second to those of whites. This has led to disparities in both the quality and availability of health care from sex workers. HIV infection rates among sex workers in South Africa are very high. And many sex workers are well aware of the danger of HIV infection. However, men are known to offer higher compensation rates for unprotected sex. And an even higher price will be paid by many men for the practice of dry sex. Drive sex is a practice in which a woman artificially tries on her vaginal spot before sexual intercourse. This can be done with natural herbs or through artificial means. A woman's dry vagina is considered cleaner than a wet vagina. Dryness also increases the risk of tears in the skin of a man's penis and a woman's vagina, which creates an opportunity for the spread of HIV infection. This is a cultural practice, but has been described as providing some pleasure to the woman involved..