Nearly 40 million people worldwide are living with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with just 12% of those who urgently need
treatment receiving it. South Africa and Nigeria are the two
countries with the highest number of cases of HIV infections in
the world. A knowledge divide has been identified as a major
factor in the increase of HIV/AIDS in these two countries.
Research also suggests that HIV/AIDS organizations are not
working together to address this problem and that there is no
overall coordination and no system to share knowledge within
and across these organizations. This paper outlines the issues that
need to be considered and suggests that knowledge management
can be used to help evaluate the management of HIV/AIDS
programs both in Nigeria and in South Africa.