How Are the Numbers of People Living with HIV Increasing in the Middle East and North Africa and Decreasing in the Rest of the World?

Getty ImagesIllustration: Laila—not her real name—was two months pregnant when she learned she was HIV-positive in August of last year. Weeks later, her husband denied paternity when tests showed he was HIV-negative. He accused her of having a relationship with another person who had infected her, a charge Laila denies. “I didn’t…” Laila says.