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Prickly issue

  • 14/03/2004
  • WHO

Prickly issue the World Health Organization (who) is toeing the Bush administration's line, proves a recent research of the premier health institute. As per the study, infectious syringes account for only 2.5 per cent of the hiv infections in Africa and unsafe sex practices are mainly responsible for the continent's aids crisis. This conclusion is bound to create furore, with most experts advocating that 20-40 per cent of the infections are passed on via dirty injections. The varied difference in opinion is a cause for concern as policymakers use the

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