She has been fighting HIV-AIDS around the world for 3 decades and believes that her patients and their supporters offer broader lessons: “People who are affected by cancer, for example, have learned a lot from the HIV movement.” Broader still, the public health efforts she champions are a model for democratic governance – egalitarian, activist, humane. With music from Stephanie Coleman.

• •  PERSON: Dr. Mathilde Krim
  •  PLACE: a guesthouse near the pyramids
  •  THING: one pill
  •  RANDY’S PERSON: Dr. Robert Levet