Today the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.
Those who are trying to remain healthy with HIV/AIDS are in the most vulnerable period of their lives; that's no time to leave them without access to care.
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.
AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.
Some countries that I go to are still trying to deny that it's happening. In India, 2.1 million people are living with HIV AIDS. India manufactures most of the drugs that are used to cure HIV around the world, which is an amazing, amazing fact that most people don't know.
I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them.
I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.
I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.
AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.