Every 24 hours, an estimated 7,000 people are infected with HIV and more than 1 million contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Currently, an estimated 33.3 million people are living with HIV today, and in Sub-Saharan Africa—the region hit hardest by the pandemic—the majority of 15- to 24-year-olds living with HIV is female. Today, 23% of all people living with HIV are under age 24, while 35% of all new infections happen among people between 15 to 24 years of age. Clearly, the need for quality HIV, AIDS, and STI services is more important than ever.
While HIV treatment is becoming more widely available in developed countries, such treatment still eludes many people living in the world’s poorest communities. Current health care systems in most of the developing world struggle to provide even the most basic health services. In these places, not only is medication often unavailable, but health care providers are not adequately trained to help patients prevent HIV or STIs or to treat or counsel patients living with HIV or AIDS. Additionally, health workers often discriminate against people living with HIV and perpetuate the stigma surrounding HIV in their workplaces and communities.
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