The End Of The World?   Farewell to Berlin   A Newsweek Poll: Americans Are Divided About the Role They Should Play   The Plague Years   Mapping the AIDS Epidemic's Hot Zone   Fighting the Disease: What Can Be Done   10 Million Orphans   A Cause That Crosses the Color Line   Africa Matters   How To Help     • Periscope   • Conventional Wisdom   • Cyberscope   • My Turn   • Letters   • Perspectives   • Newsmakers   • Last Word by Anna Quindlen		Mapping the AIDS Epidemic's Hot Zone The HIV plague is at its most devastating in 29 nations of sub-Saharan Africa, according to the United Nations. Across the AIDS hot zone, women are infected as frequently as men—often at the very beginning of their sexual maturity—and when they die, they often leave orphans behind. Newsweek, January 17, 2000     Historical comparisons Children who have lost one or both parents Orphans in United States after WWII: 183,000 Orphans in Europe after WWII: 13 million Orphans and children separated from families in Rwanda 1994 genocide: 400,000 *NO ORPHAN DATA AVAILABLE. † AGES 15 AND ABOVE. ALL NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES. SOURCES: INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNITED NATIONS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. ORIGINAL GRAPHIC BY BONNIE SCRANTON—NEWSWEEK       © 2000 Newsweek, Inc. Back to the top		ALSO THIS WEEK: From Newsweek U.S. Edition Cover: The AIDS Orphans The Plague Years National Affairs The 'Raft Boy': At War Over Elián Business Autos: Can Toyota Get Its Mojo Back? Science & Technology Internet: When the Web Meets Your Phone Society Sports: Dick Vermeil, Old School New Age Coach Arts & Entertainment TV: With 'The Sopranos,' Cable Makes a Mob Hit   From Newsweek International Edition Special Report: The Plague Years Europe Russia: Mystery Man Asia Warriors of Red and White Business: A TV Tussle Titillates in Prague Society & The Arts Architecture: Saving the Future Past World View: The Lesson of the Streets