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A hemophiliac wears a face mask that bears the slogan "Blood products infect us with AIDS" during a demonstration at an AIDS-awareness event on World AIDS Day in Beijing
01 Dec 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A hemophiliac stands with fellow protesters, all of whom contracted HIV from infected blood products, wearing a face mask that bears the slogan "Blood products infect us with AIDS" during a demonstration at an AIDS-awareness event on World AIDS Day at Beijing's south railway station December 1, 2009. The protesters, numbering around 20 and including relatives of victims, were calling for better government support for HIV/AIDS victims in China. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY)
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Hemophiliac protesters, all of whom contracted HIV from infected blood products, wear surgical masks as they demonstrate during an AIDS-awareness event on World AIDS Day at Beijing's south railway station December ...


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