XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. American HIV/AIDS pioneer Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) talks about the disappointments of the latest HIV vaccine trials, and the leadership of Peter Piot.

M.D. Mervyn Silverman is one of the pioneers in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Here he talks about the shifts of topics on the International AIDS Conferences between 1985 and 2008, about the so called San Francisco Model of AIDS care, and about the closing of the Bathhouses.