Health care workers in poor nations lack gear needed to protect from hiv and other bloodborne infections like ebola

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Health care workers in some of the world’s poorest countries lack basic equipment to shield them from HIV and other bloodborne infections during surgical and other procedures, new research suggests. The findings underscore the lack of adequate protective supplies in nations at the center of the current Ebola outbreak.

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