A woman holds the hand of a sick relative lying on the floor of the overcrowded Lilongwe Central Hospital, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Sept. 30, 1998, as the hospital is overflowing because of an epidemic of AIDS rampaging in southern Africa. (AP Photo /Denis Farrell, File)
A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments to act.
