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Access to piped water in dwellings by race groups
27 percent of Africans have access to piped water, compared with
98 percent of Indians and 96 percent whites.
Health care
As black women have limited access to employment opportunities,
they also have less access to private medical aid. Only 8% of
African women have access to a medical aid, compared to 72% of
white women.
Poverty related diseases such as tuberculosis and kwashiorkor are
prevalent amongst African poor people. Black women tend to bear
the brunt of the HIV pandemic because their socio-economic
positions makes it difficult for them to negotiate safer sex or demand
monogamy from their partners. HIV positive women often
face ostracism from their communities, which, given women’s
insecure financial position, means being left destitute.
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