Of the 40 million persons living with HIV/AIDS to-date, over 60 percent reside in sub-Saharan Africa, making it the most affected region of the world, Figure 1 (1;2). HIV infection rate is still on the increase. In 2006 alone of the estimated world total of million ( – million) new HIV infections, sub-Saharan Africa was estimated to have million ( – million) adults and children infected with HIV. This was more than all other regions of the world combined together (2). The million AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa represented 72% of global AIDS death (2)
