The UN estimates there are 37 million adults and more than 2 million children living with HIV and during the past year 4.9 million new people became infected with the virus. And there are still many disagreements about how to provide care for people living with the disease.
Here in Vermont, the state’s largest AIDS service organization, Vermont CARES, has rejected nearly $100,000 in federal funding because the organization says new directives tied to that money would compromise the privacy of people seeking help.
Mitch Wertlieb talks with an HIV-positive man who is part of the Vermont CARES speaker’s bureau, sharing his story with people in the community.