I think a bigger issue that would need to be addressed is the distrust of Western medicine, the beliefs that they know how to prevent HIV, that HIV was caused b

I think a bigger issue that would need to be addressed is the distrust of Western medicine, the beliefs that they know how to prevent HIV, that HIV was caused by the West in order to kill them, and the belief that they already know the cure of HIV. There are parallels between the disinformation in the anti-vax Covid community, and the disinformation in regards HIV in Africa.