4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban. Closing session with a speech by South African Minister of Health, Barbara Hogan, about policies and strategies for human rights and HIV prevention interventions. Discovery Health award to scientist in the HIV field.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Jeffrey Sturchio, Vice President of Merck & Co, talks about the development of protease inhibitors in 1996 and the relationship between the activists and the drug industry.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Jeffrey Sturchio, Vice President of Merck & Co, talks about the development of protease inhibitors in 1996 and the relationship between the activists and the drug industry.

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.