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China vows to control spread of HIV/AIDS
www.chinanews.cn 2005-12-01 08:49:56
(Source: Xinhuanet)
Colleage students pray for AIDS patients in Nanjing (Photo: Xinhua)
Students of a nursing school let go of balloons in an event to promote
HIV/AIDS prevention in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province November
30, 2005. [Xinhua]
BEIJING, Nov. 30 - China pledged to keep the number of people living with
HIV/AIDS below 1.5 million by 2010, Health Minister Gao Qiang said at a
press conference here on Wednesday.
More than 40,000 out of 2 million people were found HIV positive in
initial AIDS screenings this year in China. These people included paid
blood donors, drug addicts and employees in brothels.
AIDS prevention is an issue that may well affect China's population
quality, economic development and social stability, Gao said.
"It may also have an impact on the rise and fall of China," he said.
"The governments should organize all departments and mobilize the whole
society to hold back the spread of AIDS," he said.
Required by the State Council, China's highest governing body, government
leaders at different levels are urged to directly take charge AIDS
prevention.
"Those who try to cover up the epidemic or conduct dereliction of duties
will be held liable," he said.
The Chinese government allocated 800 million yuan (100 million US
dollars) to support AIDS prevention and treatment in 2005, as against 100
million yuan (12.5 million US dollars) in 2002.
The funds were mainly used for AIDS check-ups, dissemination of AIDS
knowledge, treatment of AIDS patients and prevention among high-risk
people, Gao said.
China is carrying out a reevaluation of nationwide epidemic situation
together with experts from the World Health Organization and the United
Nations.
"The reevaluation will reflect China's AIDS situation in a more objective
and accurate way," he said. "We'll make public the result in time."
China's state-listed AIDS monitoring centers has risen from 194in 2003 to
247 in late 2004. In addition, the country has organized 2,686 working
teams especially designed for AIDS prevention among high-risk people.
In its fresh efforts for a nationwide promotion of AIDS knowledge, China
will officially launch an education program among millions of migrant
workers on Dec. 1.
The program is supposed to spread anti-AIDS knowledge among migrant
workers who have formed a huge fortune-seeking force flowing between
rural and urban areas.
Earlier, 12 Chinese central government departments combined their efforts
to publicize AIDS knowledge among farmers and students in 740,000
villages, 50,000 neighborhood committees, 2,100 colleges and 90,000
middle schools, Gao said.
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