This is the story about Steve Sjöquist - writer, HIV activist and deacon at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Stockholm. Steve was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and he was one of the first Swedish AIDS patients to get the new antiretroviral therapy in 1996. It saved his life.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Interview with Pia Engstrand who works at the Swedish Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. She talks about the Swedish contribution to the AIDS conference this year, focusing on the reproductive rights of youths.