The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V.

A tragedy of public health.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story April 2, 2021 As of Nov. 30, an astonishing 1,132 children in the city of Ratodero in Pakistan were H.I.V.-positive, most of them under age 13. To put this in perspective, the equivalent figure for the entire United States is less than 2,000; the American population, 330 million, is a thousand times that of the Ratodero metropolitan area. The pandemic has strained, if not wrecked, many countries' health systems and left many people poor and vulnerable — a reality that Ratodero has long been reckoning with. In our cover story this week, Helen Ouyang reports on how the pediatric outbreak in Ratodero reveals the urgency of resuming progress on global health in the post-Covid era. Sarah Caron for The New York Times The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V. A pediatric outbreak in a remote Pakistan city shows the urgency of global health after Covid. By Helen Ouyang and Sarah Caron Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT If you've found this newsletter helpful, please consider subscribing to The New York Times — with this special offer. Your support makes our work possible. MORE FROM THE MAGAZINE Marta Blue for The New York Times I Spent My Life Consenting to Touch I Didn't Want A year of isolation made me consider all the casual, unwanted touch women endure — and why it's so hard to refuse it. By Melissa Febos Philip Montgomery for The New York Times Philip Roth Was His Own Favorite Subject. What's Left for a Biographer? One of the great chroniclers of America's literary lives takes on the author who fought to control his own story. By Mark Oppenheimer Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Sen. Mazie Hirono Wonders How Some Republicans Live With Themselves "When they vote en masse to screw people over, it's hard to be all warm and fuzzy — and I'm not a warm and fuzzy person to begin with." By David Marchese Stay in touch: Follow us on Twitter (@NYTmag) or check us out on Instagram. Appreciated this email? Forward it to a friend and help us grow. Loved a story? Hated it? Write us a letter at magazine@nytimes.com. Did a friend forward this to you? Sign up here to get the magazine newsletter. Listen to narrated versions of our articles every week. Download Audm for iPhone or Android. Continue reading the main story Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for The New York Times Magazine from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018