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In the mid 1980s, uncompromising government television advertisements told people, "don't die of ignorance".
But, 21 years after the first World Aids Day in 1988, people are still dying of ignorance.
A large proportion of infected people are unaware that they carry the virus, and, such is the taboo surrounding HIV, many of them would rather stay in the dark.
Of those who do know that they are infected, they are desperate not to admit it.
Religions are often credited as the means by which moral values, such as care for others, are reinforced and passed on.