Since its discovery in the 1980’s, over 70 million people have been diagnosed with AIDS, and over 34 million people have died.  Although new HIV infections in the United States has been on a steady decline since 2010, and global deaths have also decreased 50 percent since 2005, there are still 36 million people who are currently living with the disease.  According to the World Health Organization, 1 million people died of HIV-related illnesses last year.