Have 30 Minutes on Your Hands This World AIDS Day?

Take that time to watch this short documentary

Last year (RED) and HBO temed up to create The Lazarus Effect, a film about the positive impact of free antiretroviral drug therapy on HIV/AIDS.  Today the drugs can be as low as 40 cents a day; unfortunatey this is more than most people in developing nations can afford.  Non-profit agencies like (RED) and governmental ones like PEPFAR have provided millions of children and adults with life sustaining medication.

Unfortunately when people think about the epidemic going on around the world, there is frequently only stories of sadness and loss, as well as an overwhelming feeling of despair.  In this documentary, we hear the stories of HIV patients and medical staff and the impact this medication has had on their lives.  It is amazing to see the transformation of these people from skin and bones to a healthy body weight.  
  
The Guardian summed it up best when they wrote:

"It's hard to imagine that there could be a positive story to be told about HIV in Africa – if there is, however, The Lazarus Effect is probably it."