IT TAKES SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT
Indianapolis, Indiana … If you could save a life with a 12 cent commitment would you do it? Of course you would, everyone would. This is exactly the cost of one pair of exam gloves on Amazon (December 1, 2016). A box of 100 pair costs just $11.50 yet hospitals all over Malawi have no rubber gloves for the medical and surgical and support staff with which to protect them.
In the west the critical need for gloves has been recognized for a number of years, and no medical professional would care for a patient without them.
In Malawi the medical staff has two options. Help the patient, and put yourself at risk, or refuse to care of the patient until your medical facility can give you gloves. The medical people in Malawi choose the first option day after day.