HIV/AIDS Epidemic In Sub-Saharan Africa

In the 19th and 20th Century, the relationships between different parts of the globe changed more than ever before as advancements in technology altered cultures, increased communications between nations, created unparalleled levels of economic integration, or made the feel earth smaller. The politically developed countries harnessed colonialism, imperialism, soft power, and neoliberal power structures to take advantage of underdeveloped nations. Developed nations exploited them creating long lasing unequal power structures, which hurt these nations ability to effectively govern and develop. In the early stages of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the effect of the virus was ubiquitously debilitating across the developed and underdeveloped nations, yet as they began to find treatments the developed countries have disproportionally benefited from HIV/AIDS treatment.
Wallerstein would emphasize how the power imbalance between developed countries and underdeveloped countries or as he call it the core-periphery relationship made the underdeveloped countries dependent on wealthy countries for production, and technology , ultimately limiting their ability to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Kincaid would agree with Wallerstein that colonialism, globalization and imperialism helped create the crisis, but she would also place some of the blame on the countries themselves because they now govern