Even though the disease is often not acknowledged, the villages have seen enough AIDS so that suspicion runs high.

You won't see AIDS as much of a theme today.

People who live outside the city are less likely to see AIDS as a problem that touches their lives.

A lot of people see AIDS as only connected with homosexuality.

See AIDS - support group.

Mr. Machaba said seeing AIDS as a problem of "the other" is becoming a luxury in his country.

"I began to see AIDS as a lens through which the flaws of the nation were magnified," she writes.

You cannot convince a young drug addict or prostitute here that they are in danger, because most of them have never seen AIDS.

For more general information on how to do this see HIV and AIDS.