According to the CDC, nearly 1.1 million people in the United States have HIV, but almost 20% of them are unaware they are living with disease (CDC, 2013c). . When HIV first appeared in the United States almost 30 years ago, the number of new cases presented annually was 130,000. Today, each year, the number of new cases presented is approximately 50,000 ( CDC, 2013c). In places like sub-Saharan Africa, the statistics are higher. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) states: “In 2011, an estimated 23.5 million people living with HIV resided in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for 69% of the global HIV burden” (UNAIDS , 2012). The World Health Organization (WHO) reinforces this point by stating: “Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected [by HIV], with almost one in 20 adults living with HIV. Sixty-nine percent of all people living with HIV live in this region” (WHO, 2013a). The statistics of infected people living in the United States are alarming, but there are other countries, such as Africa, that have higher rates of HIV due to a very limited epidemic.