Infected villagers have little or no access to even the most basic treatment such as first line aintibiotics. - “Most of the farmers dying of HIV are too poor to afford medical care. Even less do they have any idea how to prevent HIV infection. To the day they die, they don’t know what kind of illness they have” (Dr. Gao YaoJie) Extreme poverty has followed, as adults can no longer work and families sell their possessions to pay for basic needs.