South Africa tests first African-made AIDS vaccine

July 23, 2009 – CAPE TOWN

South Africa has launched human trials of the first African-produced HIV vaccine, as scientists seek new approaches to battling AIDS in the world's worst-affected country. Read more

And consider this...
In developing and transitional countries, 9.7 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs. Only 2.99 million of these people (31%) are receiving the drugs. (latest WHO statistics from the end of 2007)