I am trying to read up on news of "my" province and I found some news about it today.
"Just this month, in the southern province of Guangdong, police broke up an unsafe blood-selling racket involving homeless people illegally donating blood for cash up to 15 times a month.
It is not thought they were screened for HIV or other diseases."
The quote is on the state of blood transfusions in China and the high risk of running diseases when given blood. It is Dr Gao, an old woman who have been batteling the government to provide better healthcare and blood transfusions to avoid a greater epidemic of HIV and AIDS in China, but who is put in house arrest and keeps struggling to continue her work. She was kept from leaving the country to get acknowledgement for her work in 2001, but was allowed to leave eventually.
The problem is huge in China. It is estimated that 650 000 people have HIV in China.
From BBC on Asian-Pacific conditions.
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What is sad is that it easy to control the spread of HIV through blood transfusions, if the government is willing to do so.
Exactly.. they say they´ve taken action, but only just now in recent time.. though the housearrest doesn´t really seem to reflect much willingness does it?
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