Needless to underline the difficulty of the this challenge. Another author who is concerned with why the prevention programmes fail in this specific cultural environment is Catherine Campbell. She believes that while external help is fundamental, so is mobilizing the local community is the direction of prevention. Peer education made in informal scenery is believed to be the first necessary step. Another step would imply reaching the target represented by children and teenagers. This means "promoting peer education in a formal school setting" as well. "Mobilizing stakeholders to prevent HIV" is the third measure which she takes into consideration. "In the past few years, some development practitioners and agencies have attempted to acknowledge the complex and contested nature of local communities through the growing popularity of the concept of the "multi-stakeholder community." The recognition that geographical areas are often home to a range of different "stakeholders" represents an important first step towards acknowledging the frequently diverse nature and interests of local groups and actors."(Campbell, 59)

This author suggests that the main problem is a cultural one and that its solution relies in understanding how the local forces can be mobilized in the direction of disease prevention. Understanding which are the local stakeholders, how they impact each other and the communities in general ought to be the strategic change driving factor. "More emphasis needs to be placed on the fact that relationships between diverse local stakeholder groups may impact heavily on their ability to influence the process of stakeholder collaboration and their motivation to participate in genuine collaboration with other stakeholder partners."(Campbell, 60)

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In conclusion, it must be said that in order to solve this tragic problem that Africa faces one must deal with its root problem, that is the local mentality towards the manner in which the disease can be prevented.
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