XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Session on drug policy with speakers from the political and scientific community. They talk about harm reduction and political leadership. Chaired by Christopher Beyrer from John Hopkins University.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Panel session on global health policy with the President of The World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, and Catherine Hankins from University of Amsterdam, among others.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interviews with activists from across the world, representing non-governmental organizations advocating for HIV prevention and the rights of youth.

Helene Gayle is an AIDS expert who has been working in many different initiatives in the US, among them the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She also works in President Obama's advisory group on HIV/AIDS. Here she talks about understanding and changing behaviors.

This production was made as the opening film for the IV International AIDS Conference in Stockholm in June 1988. It gives a broad representation of the global AIDS situation in the late 1980's, and has a particular focus on social structures, poverty and stigma.