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Operation myopia

BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0212483a (Published 01 December 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:0212483a
  1. Ben Lawton, second year medical student1
  1. 1Leicester Warwick medical school

On 1 December, shirts the world over will blossom into colour. The red ribbons sold for world AIDS day will raise money to combat HIV, and awareness of the cause will receive a welcome boost. On this day, as on every other, 16 000 people—the student population of a university—will become infected with HIV. Most of these people will be in the developing world—teachers whose illness …

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