I brought him a box of vitamins and painkillers, donated by my dentist (Dr. Laura Walsh). He was so grateful--I thought he was going to cry. Both make an ENORMOUS difference in the lives of HIV patients, and both are very expensive in Kenya. Ordinary vitamins, taken by those who have a poor diet, improve general health status and thereby reduce severity of secondary infections. They extend life of HIV patients by an average of 6 months. (NEJM, 7/04)