Two interviews with Dr Mervyn Silverman, from 1988 and 2008. He explains the San Francisco model, how it began and what others can learn from it.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Short interview with Lennart Hjelmåker who is the Swedish AIDS Ambassador. Here he talks about the work of the current Executive Director of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, and the recruitment of a future successor to Peter.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Short interview with Véronica Méndez from the Association of Interpreters in Mexico. She talks about the HIV/AIDS situation in Mexico and what she has learnt from the conference.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Short interview with Manelisi Dubase from the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC). He talks about the conference and the need for action to deal with the reality of HIV and AIDS.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Short interview about the conference with Jonah Kreniske from the women's rights network ATHENA.

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. Interview with Luis Enrique Soto-Ramírez, IAS Regional Representative for the Latin American and Caribbean Region, who is also Co-chair of this years conference. He talks about what he has learnt from the conference.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Michel Sidibé who became the Director of UNAIDS in 2009. Here he talks about the importance of the international AIDS conferences for bringing in a human rights perspective on the global HIV/AIDS movement.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Gunilla Rådö from the Swedish governmental agency, The National Board of Health and Welfare. She talks about the message of sex education at this years conference and the Swedish influence.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Michelle Adato and Stuart Gillespie from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) talk about how food security work can help decreasing poverty, prevent HIV and maintain the effect of ARV treatment.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Swedish Dr Lars Olof Kallings who founded the International AIDS Society (IAS) in 1988 and who is now the United Nations Special Envoy for AIDS in Eastern Europe, reflects on the history of the AIDS movement.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Dr Mervyn Silverman from San Francisco, who has been active in the AIDS movement since the early 80's. Here he reflects on the leadership of UNAIDS Director Peter Piot.