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HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of deaths and socioeconomic devastation in many low – and middle-income countries. During the 25 years of the pandemic’ s known existence, the disease has claimed over 20 million lives around the world. By the end of 2007, approximately 33.2 million people were living with the virus. An estimated 2.5 million people were newly infected, and 2.1 million died from AIDS in 2007 (UNAIDS 2007). About two thirds of all people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Although effective interventions for the prevention of disease transmission are available and widely implemented, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) has continued to rise. According to UNAIDS (2007), every day, more than 68,000 people become infected with HIV and more than 5,700 people die from AIDS, mostly because of inadequate access to HIV prevention and treatment services.