Barcelona 2002: law, ethics, and human rights. "I have no watch, but I haven't missed a dose"

Anyone who was fortunate enough to hear Fred Minandi speak in Barcelona must have been moved by what he had to say. Mr Minandi is a person living with HIV/AIDS from Chiradzulu, Malawi, who spoke at Time to Treat: Transforming AIDS Treatment from Right to Reality, a satellite meeting of the XIV International Conference on AIDS held on 7 July 2002, and sponsored by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Health Global Access Project. His presentation is a passionate, first-hand account of how antiretroviral therapy has transformed lives, how it has given hope to people, how it has helped to reduce the stigma against AIDS in his community, and how it has contributed to prevention efforts.