Population: 47.4 million
18.8% adult HIV prevalence
5.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS
488,739 people on antiretroviral treatment
889,000 people need treatment
1.2 million AIDS orphans

South Africa remains the country with the highest number of infected people in the world. As in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, the face of AIDS is more and more a female one, and in some areas South African women are three times as likely to be infected as men. Stigma and taboo still make many South Africans reluctant to even talk about AIDS, let alone take HIV tests or seek treatment. However, after many...