Doctor and researcher Hans Rosling elucidates the dangers of simplifying the African AIDS epidemic to a continental issue, and demonstrates the power of visuals to convey information to an audience in this recently-posted 10 minute TED Talk.
"So, when we look at the pattern, one thing comes out very clearly: you see the blue bubbles and people say HIV is very high in Africa. I would say, HIV is very different in Africa. You'll find the highest HIV rate in the world in African countries, and yet you'll find Senegal, down here, the same rate as United States. And you'll find Madagascar, and you'll find a lot of African countries about as low as the rest of the world. It's this terrible simplification that there's one Africa and things go on in one way in Africa. We have to stop that. It's not respectful, and it's not very clever to think that way."
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