The Forgotten Orphans, From D.C. to Zimbabwe | PBS NewsHour | July 18, 2012 | PBS: Zimbabwe and the District of Columbia. They’re 8,000 miles apart and nearly as distant economically. But the two share at least two things in common: Both have some of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world. And in both places, ordinary people are living remarkably similar lives. As Washington prepares to host the International AIDS Conference July 22-27, the PBS NewsHour will profile some of the parallel stories unfolding around the epidemic on opposite ends of the globe. We begin with AIDS orphans.
