Sometimes, the statement is even more blunt: “I don’t care about kids with AIDS in Africa.” It shocks me every time. Let’s answer the question of why you should care.

Blood is tested in a TOGA container converted into a laboratory at the AIDS Care Training and Support Initiative (ACTS) at White River Junction, South Africa, Monday Dec. 15, 2008.

A baby is born prematurely at 28 weeks. The needs are enormous – oxygen, a temperature controlled environment, special and very expensive medicines, intensive care with dedicated and perhaps ...

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.