Each day, 14,000 people become infected with the HIV virus. Half of them are between the ages of 15 and 24. HIV/AIDS is rapidly reversing many of the social and economic gains that developing countries have made over the past 50 years. As a sponsor of UNAIDS (the group that co-ordinates the international response to the epidemic), in the past five years we have committed more than US$1.8 billion to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS around the world. We have also been one of the largest financial supporters of HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries. We have promised that no country with an effective HIV/AIDS strategy will go without funding. In partnership with African and Caribbean governments, we launched the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP), which makes significant resources available to civil society organizations and communities. Many have developed original approaches to HIV/AIDS, which others are learning from and adapting to local conditions. The MAP has made available nearly US$1.2 billion to help countries in Africa expand their national prevention, care and treatment programs.