XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Mexican AIDS activist Ricardo Baruch is interviewed about youth AIDS activism and leadership in the HIV/AIDS response, the progresses of Mexican HIV/AIDS policy and the leadership of UNAIDS Director Peter Piot.

Sten Vermund from University of Alabama reflects on the history of the global AIDS epidemic and his involvement in the field as a young scientist in the 80's. He discusses the social and economic factors of HIV/AIDS, such as stigma, poverty and the drug industry.