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The sunny warm climates, beautiful beaches and vast cultural diversity can make one fail to notice an epidemic of HIV infection in the Caribbean. The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is sexually transmitted which weakens and destroys the body’s immune system. According to UNIADS, the Caribbean has the second highest rate of HIV infection after sub-Saharan Africa. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is therefore not only a health problem but poses a serious threat to social and economic development efforts in this region. Small geographically, the Caribbean population exceeds 6 million and according to UNIADS, it is estimated that approximately 360,000 people carry HIV in the Caribbean in 1999. By the end of 2001, approximately 500,000 to 700,000 people were infected with this disease. It is the leading cause of death among heterosexual couple in the age group of 15-44. About 80,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS, according to PAHO esti