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One of the most complex and complicated health problems confronting the world today, is the Human Immuno Deficiency (HIV) infection and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease. The National Commission on AIDS in 1991, classified AIDS as the deadliest sexually transmitted disease ever to confront humanity. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. The virus was first discovered by Luc Montagnier at Pasteur Institute in Paris and Robert Gallo at the National Institute of Health in the United States. Since the virus was first discovered in the United States, it has spread to all parts of the Globe like wildfire. Since the start of the epidemic, an estimated 77.3 million people have become infected with HIV and 35.4 million people have died of AIDS-related illnesses, but there is hope!