日韩午夜精品视频,欧美私密网站,国产一区二区三区四区,国产主播一区二区三区四区

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail |
Ten Million HIV Carriers in 2010 If No Strong Measure Taken
Adjust font size:

A leading Chinese medical expert has warned that China may have 10 million HIV carriers in 2010 if the government does not take strong measures to ward off the severe threats to human health posed by AIDS.

 

Dai Zhicheng, director of the AIDS Expert Committee with China's Ministry of Health, made the remarks at an international forum on sexual disease and prevention held during the weekend in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

 

"However, if China takes active and effective measures, provides sufficient medical funding, and sets up a scientific mechanism for AIDS prevention, then the country will be able to limit its number of HIV carriers to 1.5 million in 2010," said Dai, also president of the Chinese Association of Venereal Disease and AIDS Prevention.

 

By end June 2005, China had officially reported 126,808 HIV carriers, including 28,789 with full-blown AIDS, according to statistics released by China's Ministry of Health.

 

But the actual number may go far beyond the official report, medical experts said. They estimated that there were approximately 840,000 HIV carriers in the country, including 80,000 with AIDS, mainly in rural areas.

 

China's first case of AIDS came to light in 1985.

 

Dai believes China is capable of controlling the spread of AIDS, citing strong support from central government.

 

"State leaders have paid visits to AIDS patients to show care for them as well as support for AIDS prevention. And the central government and local governments across China have spent billions of yuan on AIDS prevention," he said.

 

The state leaders Dai mentioned include Chinese President Hu Jintao, who visited AIDS patients in Beijing's You'an Hospital on Nov. 30, 2004, shook hands with them and encouraged them to fight the disease, Premier Wen Jiabao, who visited Beijing's Ditan Hospital on Dec. 1, 2003, World AIDS Day, and shook hands and talked with AIDS patients there, and Vice Premier Wu Yi, who visited an AIDS-ravaged county in central China's Henan Province in mid-December 2003.

 

A working committee was established under the State Council - China's cabinet - on Feb. 26, 2004 to coordinate AIDS prevention and control work across the country. Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi was appointed head of the committee.

 

To assist AIDS patients, the Chinese government has offered them various free services, such as free counseling, free testing, free anti-virus medicine, and free education for orphans of AIDS patients.

 

The government has also undertaken to provide livelihood support for poor AIDS patients.

 

In recent years, China has made great efforts to promote the use of condoms to prevent the spread of the disease.

 

To raise awareness of AIDS prevention, China has made AIDS education a compulsory course at schools and universities.

 

In the eyes of Dai, "this (support from the government) is a key factor in helping China effectively check the rapid spread of AIDS."

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2005)

 

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail |

Comment
Username   Password   Anonymous
 
China Archives
Related >>
Most Viewed >>
- White paper on energy
- Endangered monkeys grow in number
- Yangtze River's Three Gorges 2 mln years in the making
- The authorities sets sights on polluted soil
- China, US benefit from clean energy

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys
主站蜘蛛池模板: 玛曲县| 江川县| 永济市| 内黄县| 金湖县| 石渠县| 普洱| 棋牌| 临颍县| 永德县| 蒙山县| 乡宁县| 江安县| 宜宾市| 项城市| 镇巴县| 察雅县| 富源县| 佛冈县| 板桥市| 陇西县| 大连市| 广西| 厦门市| 靖远县| 武川县| 永寿县| 东方市| 盐津县| 新田县| 罗山县| 平山县| 漳平市| 剑阁县| 安达市| 元阳县| 墨竹工卡县| 宾阳县| 肥东县| 洱源县| 邓州市|