Photo: AP, July 5, 2000
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Photo: AP, July 5, 2000
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An unidentified baby with HIV/AIDS stands in her crib, at the Ethembeni (Place of Hope) Babies Home, in Johannesburg, South Africa. AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has become what leprosy was to medieval Europe - only more deadly. In an effort to dispel the myths and prejudices surrounding the disease, experts from around the world gathered in Durban at the 13th Annual International AIDS Conference - whose theme was "Break the Silence" - the first time the gathering has been held on the continent most ravaged by the disease. |