Points to consider : responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean / David Gisselquist.

"Since the early 20th century, when HIV began to circulate among humans, injections and other skin-piercing procedures during healthcare have contributed to the transmission of the virus. Despite all the money and attention directed at HIV/AIDS in the past several decades, these risks have remained. The book asks why, and seeks answers to a number of crucial questions: how many infections in the worst HIV epidemics have come from skin-piercing procedures? Why have these risks persisted? And what is to be done? Points To Consider looks to the future, recommending new strategies that people and governments can adopt to ensure that healthcare and cosmetic services do not transmit HIV, and to reliably stop the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics." -- Provided by publisher.