The start of the new millennium sees the AIDS pandemic enter its third decade. Yet despite millions being spent on research over the decades, scientists are still nowhere near finding a cure.
Shockingly, during 2005 alone, an estimated 2.8 million persons died from AIDS, 4.1 million were newly infected with HIV, and 38.6 million were living with HIV. Tragically, the number of new infections continues to rise. And while the situation has improved for many people with HIV/AIDS in the developed world, the same cannot be said for their similarly afflicted counterparts in sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, and Russia, where ignorance and misinformation about the disease are common and drugs that might help are not.
