Which statement is true about reducing the superstitious belief that witches cause AIDS, especially as this belief is found in Africa?
A) Science education will eventually eliminate this irrational belief once people are shown it is inconsistent with science.
B) Science education may reduce this belief, but some people go to both traditional healers and practitioners who use evidence-based medicine.
C) Science education has not even been tried in Africa, so we cannot yet know if it will eradicate the irrational belief in witchcraft as a cause of AIDS.
D) It is an ethical problem and not a problem for science education, so science education is not relevant.

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While science education may help reduce the belief that witches cause AIDS, many people in Africa still rely on both traditional healers and practitioners who use evidence-based medicine. Therefore, a combination of approaches, including promoting evidence-based medicine and culturally sensitive education, may be necessary to reduce this superstitious belief.

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