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. Panel discussion with Annie Lennox, among others, on global health policy and how the HIV/AIDS situation affects African communities.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Cutaways of panel discussions with Annie Lennox and members of Oxfam International, among others, on global health policy and how the HIV/AIDS situation affects African communities.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August, 2006. Closing session with music performance and presentations of the Mexican representatives of the International AIDS Society. They speak about the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico.

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.