Kwayoyin cutar sida da kanjamau ta yi matukar shafar alúmma a matsayin ciwo da kuma samun dalilin nuna wariya ga masu dauke da wannan kwayar cutan. Wannan ciwon ta matukar shafe tattalin arziki. Akwai rashin fahimta da dama game da kwayoyin cutar sida da kanjamau, kamar na cewa ana iya kamu da ciwon ko ba a jimaí ba. Ciwon ta zama abin jayayya hade da addini tare da darikar Katolika na raáyin rashin goyon baya amfani da roba wajen jimaí don tsaro ba. Wannan ya jawo hankalin kungiyar magani na duniya da siyasa da kuma gudumawar kudi masu yawa tun da aka gano cutar a shekara ta 1980.