- Unit 1 – Beginnings: A New Disease Surprises The World
- HIV Basics, Stigma, Three Books, Chimps to Humans, Some Memories
- Unit 2 – Transmission, Gender, Politics
- Transmission, Gender, More Memories
- Unit 3 – Testing (and Some Politics and Memories)
- The Critical Issue–Testing
- Unit 4 – Living With HIV
- Not a death sentence, but not easy; More Politics, Sexual Orientation
- Unit 5 – Caring for Patients
- Doctors, Medication, More Politics, More Memories
- Unit 6 – Prevention, Art, Poetry
- Unit 7 – Wrapping Up
- Cure? Legal Issues, Cost, The Future, Acting Up