
Where did HIV reach from? This ask has been one of controversy since the outbreak of the epidemic, and many maverick and even lunatic theories have been aired, including it being a virus from status deposited by a passing comet or aliens, or God’s revenge on a sinister world. The origins of the virus pale into insignificance compared to the battle of fighting it. With HIV spreading through unpleasant populations and in particular in Africa, and despite the availability of antiretroviral medication in the West, it is a global plight of big proportions with 2.4 million deaths due to, and over 25.3 million people continuing to live with, HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa alone in 2000.







