2012_106
Archive ID: 2012_106XIX International AIDS Conference. Interview with Phil Wilson, founder of the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles. He talks about the HIV prevalence in the US and its socioeconomic factors, about stigma and discrimination against homosexual persons. Phil Wilson is a long-term survivor who was diagnosed with HIV in the early 80's. He talks about the importance of remebering and talking about the HIV/AIDS History.
Background material
"Phil Wilson is the founder and Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles. He founded the institute in 1999 in order to promote HIV/AIDS awareness in the hard hit African American community in the United States. He has been living with HIV since the early 80's and is on ARV treatment. He is a friend." - Staffan Hildebrand