Blood-donor policy cuts HIV in supplies
2nd Feb 2006, 09:59 GMT
CHICAGO -- A controversial policy in AIDS-ravaged South Africa that barred many blacks and even the country's president from donating blood led to a substantial drop in HIV-tainted blood supplies, a study found.
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