Physicians for Human Rights
Using science and medicine to stop human rights violationsHIV Transmission in Health Care Settings
July 2004
Read the report (pdf)Even as prevention programs aimed at sexual transmission require greater funding, the high risk of HIV transmission in health care settings requires immediate and sustained attention from national and multilateral organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Every year, because of violations of core aspects of the right to health, at least half a million people — and possible many more — contract HIV through unsafe medical injections and blood transfusions.
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