Posted on 07/25/2002 6:47:04 AM PDT by DoctorMichael
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:38:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Britain's politicians, doctors and media are engaged in a debate about how to deal with African immigrants who take up significant chunks of the free National Health Service treatment offered to HIV and AIDS sufferers."
Until recently the debate had been whispered because of the political sensitivity of the issue. Recently, however, the Times newspaper in London reported that 80 percent of the 2,225 new cases of HIV in Britain last year were from Africa.
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