XIX International AIDS Conference. Interview with Gregg Alton from the Gilead Sciences, Inc. a pharmaceutical company working with health care services, policy makers, etc. to develop effective treatment, treatment as prevention and promoting access to care.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Dr. Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of the Department of HIV and Global Hepatitis Programme of WHO, speaks at the plenary session Expanding HIV Testing and Treatment Globally.

This film tells the US story of the AIDS epidemic starting in the early 1980's. Scientists and activists, both pioneers and youths of today, talk about research, prevention, treatment and care. They also discuss stigma, homophobia and poverty as closely related to HIV and AIDS.

Annual HIV research conference arranged by IHV. Dr Robert Gallo holds a lecture on the history of medical research on human retroviruses. He also talks about the early discoveries of t-cell leukemia in Japanese patients, which led to the discovery of HTLV-1.