As part of KQED’s coverage of the 30th anniversary of the first official report of what later came to be known as HIV, The California Report’s Scott Shafer interviewed San Francisco activists and caregivers who experienced the epidemic during its early dark days.
Here is the first in a series of three interviews. Dr. Diane Havlir, Chief of UCSF’s HIV/AIDS Division at San Francisco General, discusses the current state of HIV/AIDS treatment and the incredible medical advances in that area over the past 15 years.
The content of each audio clip is summarized directly below it.