China Detains Six People Involved In Blood Selling Scheme In Guangdong Province
Selling contributes to HIV spread
Chinese authorities on Wednesday detained six people involved in a blood selling scheme in Jieyang city in China's Guangdong province, including the "mastermind" of the scheme and five sellers, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports (AP/International Herald Tribune, 4/6). Blood selling practices during the 1990s in China's Henan province contributed to the spread of HIV, which affected about one million people, according to some advocates.
The situation in Henan led officials to pledge reform, and China's Ministry of Health says that it maintains stringent supervision of blood-collection centers in the country. According to the health ministry, it closed about 150 illegal collection and supply agencies nationwide in 2004, the last year for which official figures are available (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 3/2).
According to the United Nations and the Chinese government, tainted
blood largely has been brought under control in the country, the
AP/Herald Tribune reports. About 5% of newly diagnosed HIV cases last
year were the result of tainted blood transfusions or blood selling,
according to the health ministry.
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Detains Six People Involved In Blood Selling Scheme In Guangdong Province
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