A Woman’s Sad Tale Embodies Myanmar’s HIV Problems

Seventeen years ago, the husband of a Myanmar woman named Hnin, who asked that her full name not be used, found the secret of her nightmares; a condom hidden in her wallet. It proved what he had suspected for months – that his wife had become a prostitute.

Half a year earlier, the husband had broken his leg in an accident during their trip to Yangon from…