One of the ways we talk about HIV AIDS is about those people who are currently poz or have an AIDS diagnosis - but we also talk about those people "affected" by the pandemic. Usually the assumption is that "affected" applies to family and friends who know someone who is currently HIV poz or has an AIDS diagnosis or who has died as a result of complications due to AIDS.
Nothing could be further from the truth. No matter if you have never lost a partner, friend or co-worker to AIDS you are still "affected" by what is currently a global pandemic. AIDS is not going away. New HIV infections are increasing here in the US, daily. Globally the picture is even more grim.