Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood, and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

DifferenTakes Issue #7, Fall 2000 "In a speech in Abuja, Nigeria on August 27th, President Clinton came very close to identifying a taboo subject - the medical transmission of HIV. Mr. Clinton noted that both AIDS and malaria are increasing in Nigeria, but his staff failed to advise him on how the two killers are connected: Malaria causes life-threatening anemia often requiring transfusions. Contaminated blood transfusions are the most efficient means of HIV transmission." by Stephen F. Minkin