A child ravaged by AIDS in his crib in the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

Nurses of the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest attend to children with AIDS.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

A mother weeps outside the room where her child is dying of AIDS in the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

Nurses of the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest wear protective gear when handling AIDS victims.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

A sick child, wasting away from AIDS, gets a bath in the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

Nurses of the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest hold babies with AIDS waiting for chest X-rays.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

The bodies of children with AIDS in the morgue of the Virology and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanta are often unclaimed.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

The bodies of children with AIDS in the morgue of the Virology and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanta are often unclaimed.

In Ceaucescu's Romania procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

Nurses of the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest bathe a screaming child with AIDS, wearing protective gear.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

A child with AIDS in the Victor Babès Hospital in Bucharest.

In Ceaucescu's Romania, procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.

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