82 get HIV in remote Khmer village

16 December 2014
Bangkok Post
HIV/AIDS / Priority health concerns / Public health / Social development
HIV/AIDS / National AIDS Authority

Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people – including children and the elderly – who tested positive for HIV/AIDS in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles.

Hundreds of panicked residents of the village in Battambang province in the country’s west have flocked to a health centre for testing since news of the mass infection emerged last week, with a total of 82 having been confirmed as being infected. ….

 Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/450227/82-infected-with-hiv-aids-in-one-remote-cambodian-village

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