The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted through blood and body fluids and gradually breaks down the immune system ­ usually over a three-to-15-year period ­ leading to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Doctors Without Borders' HIV/AIDS programs offer HIV testing with pre- and post-test counseling, treatment, and prevention of opportunistic infections, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and provision of ARVs for people in the late stages of the disease. Our progr