South Africa is the latest flashpoint in the AIDS epidemic. The government says that last year, one in six pregnant women had the virus that causes the disease. The skyrocketing infection rate is blamed in part on the opening of borders in the post-apartheid era. According to the UN, some 2.4 million South Africans are HIV positive - more than in all of North America.
S. Africa, HIV
South Africa is the latest flashpoint in the AIDS epidemic. The government says that last year, one in six pregnant women had the virus that causes the disease. The skyrocketing infection rate is blamed in part on the opening of borders in the post-apartheid era. According to the UN, some 2.4 million South Africans are HIV positive - more than in all of North America.
