Since 2004, at least 15 African countries have passed new legislation making it a crime to transmit HIV, and in some cases, to expose a person to the virus.
Read MoreToday, nearly 10 million people living with HIV will go without the antiretroviral (ARVs) therapy they need to lead healthy and productive lives. For every two people we put on ARVs, five more are newly infected. This adds up to 7,400 new infections every day.
Read MoreWhen AIDS was first diagnosed in this country the diagnosis was a death sentence. For women, the diagnosis came with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) to avoid spreading HIV to an unborn child by not getting pregnant.