This is a pre-version of the documentary about the writer and AIDS activist, Steve Sjöquist, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. Steve was one of the first Swedish AIDS patients to get the new ARV medication in 1996, and it saved his life.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Interview with Pia Engstrand who works at the Swedish Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. She talks about the Swedish contribution to the AIDS conference this year, focusing on the reproductive rights of youths.

4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban in 2009. Lisa Grafström works as a project leader at AIDS Accountability International in Sweden. Here she talks about her organization and their work with community organizations and policy makers in Southern Africa.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Lennart Hjelmåker, Swedish AIDS Ambassador, and Åsa Hindenborg from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the themes of the conference and the future of AIDS response.

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. 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 in English with the Swedish AIDS Ambassador, Lennart Hjelmåker. He talks about the Swedish contributions at the conference and in the HIV/AIDS response. He also reflects on the next conference in 2010.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with the Swedish HIV activist, Writer and Deacon, Steve Sjöquist. He talks about stigma of people living with HIV and AIDS and the silence surrounding the disease.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Short interview with Steve Sjöquist, HIV/AIDS activist, writer and deacon at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Stockholm. He talks about the conference and the Swedish role in the global HIV/AIDS response.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August, 2006. Swedish AIDS Ambassador Lennart Hjelmåker summarizes the conference, with subjects such as male circumcision, microbicides and promoting HIV testing. He also talks about the Swedish role.

XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July 2004. Interview with Amos Mwale from Youth Vision Zambia. He talks about the international conferences, youth participation in the discussions and planning, and youth health education.