In the United States, around 1 million people are presently living with AIDS. The disease was identified in 1984 and till now it has claimed for around 35 million lives, which makes it one of the most lethal pandemics in history. The National AIDS Trust is asking people to rethink on negative stereotype and forget old traditions and believes about HIV. It wants people to develop positive thinking about AIDS or HIV.

Implementation of a series of treatments and care measures, such as antiretroviral therapy, the fatality rate of AIDS has gone down and the number of people dying from AIDS has also dropped. But reports have shown that one in six people infected with HIV are unaware of their infection.

A recent survey showed that around six new cases of AIDS are diagnosed in the Andean country every 24 hours. The survey concluded that despite scientific advances in HIV treatment for individual and public health benefits, and prevention options like pre-exposure prophylaxis, several people lack access to life-saving and life-enhancing services.

There is high need to provide adolescent girls and young women with access to education and real options to protect themselves from HIV.

According to US President Barack Obama, HIV till date affects specific populations disproportionately across the US. These populations include including gay and bisexual men, Black women and men, Latinos and Latinas, people who inject drugs, transgender women, young people, and people in the Southern US.