AP Photos: HIV patients in Myanmar struggle

By gemunu-amarasinghe

Published September 5, 2014 6:09am ET

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AP Photos: HIV patients in Myanmar struggle — In this Aug 27, 2014 photo, a woman infected with HIV stares up at the hand of a volunteer as he adjusts her intravenous drip at a crowded clinic in South Dagon, on the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar. This clinic admits around 10 new HIV/AIDS patients every month, many of them from the countryâs delta region in the south. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) | Gemunu Amarasinghe

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar, which only recently emerged from a half-century of dictatorship and self-imposed isolation, has one of the world’s worst health care systems, with tens of thousands dying each year because treatment is lacking for many diseases, including AIDS.

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