africa: The fog of war must not blind us to the most deadly foe

Amid the chaos of conflict, an agency worker was recently overheard remarking: "We are too busy with the war to worry about HIV/AIDS." His position is understandable. Indeed, it is shared by many other agency workers. But they are not looking at the big picture. By the end of this decade, ten times more sub-Saharan Africans will die of AIDS than will be killed by fighting. For this reason, we need very much to worry about HIV/AIDS, even amid the confusion of a war zone.