| rwanda. aids orphans: problems and solutions. | an estimated 300,000 of rwanda's population of 7.5 million are infected with hiv. this includes 130,000 women and 20,000 children. due to aids-related mortality, there are an estimated 62,000 orphans in the country, with 150,000 expected by 1997. war, adverse economic conditions, and ignorance of the minimal or nonexistent risk of being infected by these children, however, constrain extended biological and foster families from accepting these orphans into their homes. these children are very ... | 1993 | 12179314 |