This
article (from DNA India) shows how the Indian agency NACO, a central health
department in that country, may finally be held
accountable for its role in distributing defective HIV-test kits. The
company is being asked to answer questions by a separate Indian government
agency. Last year, a GAP client revealed that the World Bank and NACO were
distributing the kits despite having strong evidence of their defectiveness.
This may have (it is unknown for a certainty) allowed HIV-positive individuals
to donate blood to that country’s general blood supply.
The
World Bank’s delayed actions involving this case have been alarming,
inadequate, and failed to ensure Indian public health. The Washington Post first
reported on this story back in October 2007, but little was done then. Or
since, for that matter. Oh, and GAP also showed earlier this year how the Bank used
the CDC to cover-up this major and despicable error.
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Dylan Blaylock
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