Why is HIV/AIDS so prevalent in The South? The number of people living with HIV is highest in the American South. Louisiana recently ranked 4th in the nation when it comes to rates of HIV. In New Orleans, there’s a place which has been helping people with HIV for decades. In its early days, the location of Project Lazarus was kept secret. It was a place where many AIDS patients saw their last days because they had nowhere else to turn. In this episode, I visit the campus of Project Lazarus which no longer is a place where people with HIV/AIDS go to die, but rather, a place where they learn to live.