Edited by
David D. Celentano
Chris Beyrer

2009

Epidemiology, Prevention and Care

Those who know me say I’m prone to hyperbole, but I wish these words had been my typical exaggeration rather than what has come to be a tragic reality. This quote occurred in the Newsweek issue with Rock Hudson on the cover. Fewer than 12,000 AIDS cases had been reported to public health authorities. Over the intervening two decades, the disease has become the public health issue of our lifetime – affecting tens of millions worldwide.