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Adventure the Great Brings the Show to Birmingham
Capitol Journal Update
The Labor Force Puzzle
Jeffco Occupational Tax Dies in Legislature
What Makes a Good Teacher?
Local Government with Kyle Whitmire
Birmingham to Beijing
Magic City Marketplace
Wilco Brings The Whole Love to Birmingham
John Archibald on Jeffco's Occupational Tax
Carsen, Ott on All Things Education Alabama
Bike Sharing in Alabama
Local Government with John Archibald
Rebuilding After Tornadoes: Tuscaloosa and Hackleburg
Tornado Mental Health Update
Hackleburg Tornado: Then and Now
Coverage of Alabama's Immigration Law HB56
Birmingham's Banditos Have New Music
INTERVIEW: State Schools Chief on Birmingham Investigation
Fight Continues over Shepherd Bend Mine
Carsen, Ott on All Things Alabama Education
Alabama Author's Family Connection to the Titanic
News Features Archive

90.3 WBHM | Birmingham -- Millions of people the world over live with HIV/AIDS. While the epidemic seems to be slowing here in the United States, it still rages in many African and Southeast Asian nations. Couple those rising infection rates with a shortage of medical professionals qualified to treat HIV/AIDS patients and the epidemic becomes an even larger health crisis.

Holly Burkhalter is the U.S. Policy Director for Physicians for Human Rights -- an organization that thinks preserving human rights goes hand in hand with good health care. When it comes to AIDS, Burkhalter and her organization think doctors can do more than just treat patients with the illness. Burkhalter says doctors, and other professionals who work with HIV/AIDS patients, can make the best activists in the fight against AIDS. WBHM's Rosemary Pennington spoke with Burkhalter about the idea of activist doctors.