Cornelius Baker, longtime HIV advocate, is the senior communications advisor and project director of the Center on AIDS & Community Health. In this interview with Fred Schaich, he gives a firsthand account on how HIV policy in Washington, D.C., has improved since the mid '90s and how cities can collaborate to continue the progress. He also lays out three big things to know and take away from the XIX International AIDS Conference.

The video above has been cross-posted on TheBodyPRO.com with permission from our partners at the International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA). Visit IFARA's blog to watch more video interviews from the conference.