We are making progress, but too slowly. Further major advances in containing HIV and supporting those affected in developing countries will require a unique and concerted effort involving governments, international agencies and foundations - as well as the pharmaceutical industry and the affected communities themselves. This really is where we need to leave our preconceptions and baggage behind and all work together on an imaginative, and effective response. This is where history can be made in the future. I believe, that the will is there on all sides.
Lets make it happen.
HIV disproportionately affects the disenfranchised and the poor. Whether gay men and drug users in the first world or just about anyone in the third world, it affects those who historically were least able to access support, rally research funding and mobilise the international community. I say historically because, to their eternal credit, those people affected have responded in a way which has changed the world for good.