Bucharest, Romania
Romania has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV in the world, the U.N.’s AIDS agency said this week. Most infections there come through heterosexual sex, with mother-to-child transmission a close second. A looming problem is the generation known as the children of ’89, the year of Romania’s first reported AIDS case. At that time, the country had a large population of abandoned, underweight children, and orphanages routinely gave them injections of medicine and vitamins without changing needles. Those kids that survived are now teenagers, and they are becoming sexually active. “This is like a time bomb waiting to go off,” said Chris Pitt, Romania director for the charity World Vision.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
The ‘ravenous’ demand for Cornish mineralsUnder the Radar Growing need for critical minerals to power tech has intensified ‘appetite’ for lithium, which could be a ‘huge boon’ for local economy
-
Why are election experts taking Trump’s midterm threats seriously?IN THE SPOTLIGHT As the president muses about polling place deployments and a centralized electoral system aimed at one-party control, lawmakers are taking this administration at its word
-
‘Restaurateurs have become millionaires’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
