ONE Members’ Stories: Doug from Johnson City, TN

Sep 12th, 2006 11:30 AM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

Attending medical
school, I learned of the global biologic and sociologic devastation caused by the HIV virus. Later, I traveled
to Kenya to work in a hospital and came to know some of the individual stories behind the statistics – and of
the structural injustices that make the problems so overwhelming.

I now plan to return to
the developing world and spend my career practicing medicine in a setting where people would not otherwise
receive adequate health care. The ONE Campaign has
been a great source of encouragement for me – and a launching point for a wider public conversation.

HIV-AIDS
and the stark contrast between the haves and have-nots are arguably the most important issues in the world
today. How we respond to these
issues will define how history judges our generation.

-Doug Lindberg, member of
the ONE Campaign, Johnson City, TN

Check back over
the next couple of weeks for more ONE members’
stories.
And if you haven’t already told us how you first found
your commitment to eliminate global AIDS and extreme
poverty,
send us your story.

 

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