President Bush marked World AIDS Day with a speech at the White House. Mr. Bush gave an update on his administration's anti-AIDS initiative known as PEPFAR. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets an update on PEPFAR from HIV policy expert and epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani.

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- or PEPFAR -- has supported life-saving treatment for more than 2.1 million men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS around the world. But despite the success so far, delivering the drugs remains a Herculean task in the developing world. The World's David Baron has the story of what it takes to get AIDS medicine to just one patient in West Africa.

Lisa Mullins speaks with South African judge Edwin Cameron, who argues that laws that make it illegal for someone to transmit HIV to another person are bad public policy. Cameron co-authored an article in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled "The Case Against Criminalization of HIV Transmission".

Recent studies suggest that male circumcision can provide some protection against HIV infection. Health officials in Uganda would like to promote male circumcision as part of a campaign to reduce HIV/AIDS. But Uganda's president doesn't support the idea. The World's Jennifer Goren has the story.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with public health expert Kamiar Alaei about a new HIV/AIDS prevention program getting a test run in Iran this week. Authorities have installed some vending machines in addiction centers that dispense condoms and syringes.

Sheri Fink reports from Kenya on a public health challenge that comes on the heels of Kenya's own post-election crisis. Thousands of Kenyan AIDS patients left their homes during the recent violence. Many ran out of medicine, and now that lapse in their treatment could pose a major public health threat.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with South Africa's former Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge about how her government's controversial approach to HIV/AIDS has hampered effective prevention and treatment.

A 23-year-old illegal immigrant died recently while in federal custody. It happened at a US detention facility in Los Angeles. The detainee had AIDS and the case is raising questions about the quality of medical care available to immigrants in custody. Rob Schmitz of station KQED has the story.

In the wake of the firing several weeks ago of it's Deputy Director, the South African Health Department today issued a recall of 20-million potentially defective condoms. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with AIDS expert and author Helen Epstein about the current turmoil surrounding the country's battle with one of the world's worst AIDS epidemics.

Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top White House adviser on AIDS issues. Fauci said recently that despite some advances, we're still losing the overall battle against AIDS.