Winston Njongonkulu Ndugane of South Africa urged Clinton and other world leaders to do more, particularly in helping bring affordable AIDS drugs to Africa, where 25.3 million people live with HIV or AIDS out of 36.1 million cases worldwide, according to a U.N. report.

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Nearly 14, 500 people live with HIV or AIDS in Washington, DC.

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Often people living with AIDS live in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa with little access to health clinics and the drugs that could sustain their lives.

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"We once thought of Aids as an existential threat, now we live with it, " Major General Jonathan Shaw, commander of UK Cyber Policy at the Ministry of Defence told the audience.

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But this is not necessarily a negative trend, because new treatments - although not providing a cure - are allowing those with the virus to live much longer before contracting full-blown Aids.

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But so long as tens of millions of people live with this devastating disease, and so long as nearly two million people die from AIDS-related diseases every year, we cannot and will not rest.

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Sawo doesn't have room for all the children who have been affected by HIV and AIDS in her community, so she also supports about 50 children who live with a parent or grandparent.

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According to the World Health Organization it can take a person infected with HIV 10 to 15 years to develop AIDS. Effective treatment with antiretroviral drug, however, is delaying the development of AIDS and allowing people to live longer, healthier lives.

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