Immigration, migration and HIV for African communities
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  • Black African men tend to be the decision makers in families in regards to decisions about children and the family, with the mother having limited power to make independent decisions.
  • Unlike women men are less likely to attend HIV/AIDS prevention, visit GP surgeries, HIV testing centres, sexual health prevention initiatives, family planning clinics etc.
  • Their comparative economic, social and physical power contribute to a lack of safety in sexual relationships.
  • Confront difficulties in their changing role as a man in England.
  • HIV highlights the need for gender inequalities to be re-examined and addressed.
  • Gender awareness.
  • The insensitivity to the needs of women in general and the needs of women infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in particular.