HIV/AIDS, tsunamis, and you.
The most moving moment of Family Medicine Forum last November in Toronto, Ont, belonged to Stephen Lewis, the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former Canadian political leader, humanitarian, and orator extraordinaire. Mr Lewis had just delivered the inaugural Family Medicine Lecture, “Caring for Canada—Caring for the World.” He had stressed family doctors’ important role in caring for populations close to home and around the globe. But his main focus was the human tragedy associated with the HIV and AIDS epidemic that continues to unfold on the African continent and, indeed, in other underdeveloped countries.