Recognizing that Haiti is rich in human resources, Partners in Health (PIH) defies the international community’s traditional HIV/AIDS treatment model by training community health volunteers, called accompagnateurs, to provide support to persons living with the disease. Ninety-five percent of the world’s HIV/AIDS cases occur in developing nations where little or no access to affordable treatment exists.  Even so, conventional wisdom in international circles often points to the lack of medical and economic infrastructure and the high cost of treatment as reasons why HIV/AIDS initiatives cannot work in poor countries.  Haiti, the western hemisphere’s poorest and most HIV-affected nation, is one example of the intersection between poverty and disease. PIH has reported extraordinary results from incorporating community health workers into HIV/AIDS treatment management.