PHA-Exchange> A boost for Safe Health Care in Africa

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From: "John Kiwanuka Ssemakula" <jssemakula at medilinks.org>

> A boost for Safe Health Care in Africa
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>  
> Dear Colleagues,
>  
> The issue of Safe Healthcare recently received a tremendous boost 
> when a second Senate Congressional Hearing was held and this one has 
> proved considerably more successful than the first. It is estimated 
> that US$ 100 million dollars a year is enough to provide the whole of 
> Africa with auto-disable syringes. A mere drop compared to US$ 15 
> billion. If all the rumors prove true, then funding to deal with this 
> very important but much neglected area could soon be forthcoming as 
> part of the Bush Global AIDS Bill.
>  
> I recently had the privilege and honour of testifying before the Sen-
> ate Congressional Hearing on the issue of Safe Healthcare in Africa 
> and HIV/AIDS on July 31st 2003. This was the second hearing on the 
> subject but unlike the first one I am pleased to say the question has 
> now moved from argument and controversy about what proportion or per-
> cent of HIV is spread by unsafe healthcare to quite properly, concern 
> about making the safest healthcare available in Africa.
>