
Rehema Eliya
Rehema Eliya is a nursing specialist in Tanzania who has highlighted the significant risks of needle-stick injuries among healthcare workers, attributing these incidents to physical fatigue caused by excessive workloads in medical facilities. She advocates for improved working conditions, adequate rest for staff, and enhanced health facility infrastructure to reduce exposure risks to HIV and other blood-borne infections.
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Nursing specialist Rehema Eliya attributed the exposure risks to physical fatigue caused by excessive workloads in health facilities.
Why needle-stick injuries top HIV risk for Tanzanian medicsThe Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·
Tanzania· 2026-08-10


