“It's no fun to have HIV even though it's viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system.” MeanFunDiseaseHivHealth System Author:Philip E. Berger
“There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.” DiseaseNegativeAidsDefiningHiv Author:Serge Lang
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.” PeopleNeedsBelieveFactsProblemAbleLostI BelieveAnswersWorstExampleDependsDiseaseScientistEnvironmentalSolveAidsOur TimeDisappointedContemptPollutionHivEnvironmental Pollution Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“I run a modest-sized laboratory thats looking specifically at what we call the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV disease, or AIDS.” RunningDiseaseAidsMechanismModestLaboratoryHiv Author:Anthony S. Fauci
“I believe, but cannot prove, that global “AIDS” is a whole cluster of unrelated diseases all of which have been swept under a single rug for essentially political reasons, and that the identification of HIV as the sole pathogen is likely to go down as one of the most colossal blunders in the history of medicine.” BelieveHas BeensReasonWholePoliticalI BelieveProveDiseaseMedicineAidsSoleHivIdentificationBlundersColossalClustersHistory Of MedicinePathogens Author:Eric S. Raymond
“When we understand that we are a human race, what affects you affects me, what affects her affects you and so on and so on, then we'll look at this thing [HIV/AIDS] for what it really is. It's a disease that's out to kill all of us. What will make it continue is our prejudices, our ideas about it, and the fact that we don't look at ourselves as one giant community.” HumansLooksIdeasFactsCommunityRaceDiseasePrejudiceAidsHuman RaceGiantsHivHiv Aids Author:Queen Latifah
“The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand.” BelieveCountryHelpingFightingI BelievePlayerProgressDiseaseResourcesImpactI Believe InFundHivMalaria Author:Bill Gates
“The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases and the 8.5 million who work as child slaves, prostitutes, or under other horrific conditions and the 2.3 million who live with HIV add up to 164.8 million needy children. And though at first glance that looks like a big number, 2.1 billion people on this earth proclaim to be Christians. The truth is that if only 8 percent of the Christians would care for one more child, there would not be any statistics left.” PeopleIfsFirstsLooksChildrenBigsCareEarthChristianDiesLeftNumbersMillionsConditionsTruth IsDiseasePercentAddSlaveBillionsStatisticsGlancesHivNeedyHorrificNumber 2 Author:Katie Davis
“AIDS was one of those diseases that a lot of people tried to claim ownership over, and especially as someone who was, fortunately never HIV positive, I wanted to avoid any appearance of doing that.” PeopleWantedDiseaseClaimsAppearanceAidsOwnershipHivHiv Positive Author:Dale Peck
“HIV/AIDS from converted from a lethal disease into a chronic disease because basic scientists' fundamental research was done that illuminated aspects of that virus and allowed the generation of therapies like antiretroviral therapies. And so now HIV/AIDS is not a lethal disease, it is a chronic disease.” DoneGenerationsDiseaseResearchAspectScientistFundamentalsAidsTherapyVirusesHivHiv Aids Author:Laurie Glimcher
“The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.” PeopleIfsWellsMeanImportantBasketballDiseaseDiedImportant ThingsHiv Author:Magic Johnson
“And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.” PeopleFeelsYearsStillsEnoughStrongChangedBattleDiseaseShameStrong EnoughHivStigmaTransmissionHiv PositiveUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.” WorldChildrenYoungFightingMetsDiseaseDeterminationYoung WomenHivFull LifeHiv Positive Author:Alicia Keys
“One of the patients that really stands out for me was a middle-aged woman who actually had HIV in the early days, and helping her kind of come to terms with that. She had rather late-stage illness, but just helping her, sort of cope with the challenges of the disease and the infections and all that, but also her social issues, like, coming out to her family about the illness, and a very religious family.” KindHelpingSocialTermChallengesReligiousIssuesMiddleStageDiseaseLatePatientIllnessComing OutStanding OutSocial IssuesHivInfectionMiddle AgedReligious Family Author:Jill Stein
“Don't forget that at the end of the 70s people were much more into wild experimentation and hedonistic adventures. There was not really a fear of sexual diseases like HIV or aids back then, all that came later.” PeopleEndsForgetAdventureDiseaseAidsHivExperimentationHedonistic Author:Eddy de Clercq
“HIV is no respecter of persons. Any of us could find ourselves with the disease, and then what? We tend to stigmatize as a way to deceive ourselves about our invincibility. But it is a delusion.” WayPersonsDiseaseDelusionDeceivingHivInvincibility Author:Kwame Dawes
“HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.” CountrySometimesReasonProblemDiseaseAidsHivStigmaHiv AidsHesitantAids Day Author:Margaret Chan
“Young people were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, their lives and futures are at risk throughout the world because of this disease. I believe it is young people throughout the world who offer us the greatest hope for defeating this deadly pandemic.” PeopleWorldBelieveTodayYoungI BelieveRiskYouthOffersSafeDiseaseAidsHivHiv AidsPandemics Author:Liam Neeson
“I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus.” StillsCountryFightingDifficultBornChanceBabyMetsDiseaseAidsCourageousTestedVirusesHivUnbornStigmaUndertakingsFathomHiv AidsBorn FreeHiv PositiveUnborn Baby Author:Gabriel Byrne
“AIDS is no longer a death sentence for those who can get the medicines. Now it's up to the politicians to create the "comprehensive strategies" to better treat the disease.” FightingPoliticianDiseaseTreatsStrategyMedicineSentencesAidsComprehensiveHivHiv AidsDeath SentenceWorld Aids DayAids Day Author:William J. Clinton
“As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.” HumansTwoNextGenerationsChildhoodDiseaseThirdsPopulationAidsQuartersPlagueNext GenerationHiv Author:Larry Niven