The Challenge

“Ground Zero” of the sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS crisis

South Africa has more HIV positive citizens than any country in the world.  In some provinces, more than 40% of the population is infected.  Yet only 2% of South Africans have ever been tested for HIV.

Of those who are HIV positive, a mere 10% are receiving anti-retroviral therapy – leaving 90% untreated, infectious and likely to die.

HIV/AIDS carries a huge social stigma in South Africa, preventing many from getting tested or pursuing treatment, and there is wide-spread misinformation about how the disease is contracted.  Further complicating matters, the nation’s overburdened healthcare system is incapable of providing care to the millions in need – many of whom enter the system with end-stage HIV or full blown AIDS.
 

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