A Modern Plague of Biblical Proportions
Africa Editor Tom Masland is an old hand at covering wars and natural disasters. But nothing prepared him for the devastation he’s writing about now. “It’s Hiroshima here every day,” says Masland of the AIDS epidemic that has infected 24.5 million sub-Saharan Africans. NEWSWEEK launched its coverage of this crisis with a January cover story on the 10 million African children orphaned by the AIDS plague. This week, on page 30, you’ll find Masland’s piece on the International AIDS conference in South Africa. To view live sessions from this conference, go to webcast.aids2000.com.
