Latino/a Health

After reading the Latinos ACT UP article I began to wonder why the response to HIV/AIDS in Africa is so high but the response to HIV/AIDS in Latin America is low. We have all seen the RED campaigns that promise a certain portion of the price/donation/contribution goes to research for AIDS and HIV in Africa. But why is Latin America overlooked (or any other countries for that matter)? There are many reasons why I feel that Africa is looked at first. Africa is always looked at as being so overwhelmingly underdeveloped, so is the response so high because Africa is seen as needing the help desperately? I know that Africa is without doubt the region most affected by the virus but does that mean that other countries should be excluded from receiving adequate care? Not only that but like it mentioned in the article the recycling process that is used to give care to other countries is only helpful to a certain degree. Many factors involved in the recycling process make it extremely unreliable. So why not do something where the organizations that are helping don't have to rely on recycling. But that would call for more money, more research, more time. It also said in the article that only when local issues were worked on did the ACT-UP organization receive help. The issue of HIV and AIDS and providing health care for those with AIDS/HIV is not just a local issue. (We know that because it affects all people, all colors, all ages..etc.) So why only help out with local issues? The way health care and insurance is dealt with in the United States along with who we decide to or not to help is sickening. There has to be a change.