Lack of Medicine for the HIV/Aids for TB Treatment in the Frances Baard and ZF Mgcawu District Municipalities – Spending Review Report

South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with 7.1 people living with HIV. HIV prevalence is high among the general population at 20.4 per cent. HIV is the virus that causes HIV infection. AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. HIV is spread through contact with the blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of a person with HIV. In the United States, HIV is spread mainly by having unprotected sex or sharing injection drug equipment, such as needles, with a person who has HIV. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the use of HIV medicines to treat HIV infection.