AIDS deaths reach 28,000
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January 22, 2012, Sunday
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A TOTAL of 28,000 people died of HIV/AIDS in China in 2011, and another 48,000 were newly infected by the virus, according to an official publication yesterday.
The report on the HIV/AIDS situation in China, which was produced by China's Ministry of Health along with a joint program on HIV and AIDS by the United Nations and World Health Organization, said the number of people living with HIV/AIDS increased by 40,000 in two years from 2009. It added cases of new infections remained at a low level.
With about 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS nationwide, including 154,000 AIDS patients, the total infection rate stands at 0.058 percent, the report said.
The rise in the number of AIDS patients is mostly due to the government's increasing efforts in prevention and intervention, which helped reduce deaths among such patients, the report said.
The report added that more than 136,000 AIDS patients had received anti-virus treatments by September 2011, bringing the treatment coverage rate to 73.5 percent, an increase of 11.5 percentage points compared to 2009.
Some new trends are emerging as imported and sexually transmitted cases keep increasing, according to the report.
It called for expanding the checking range in groups most at risk of becoming infected and further strengthening treatment among those with the virus.
It also recommended boosting health education and reducing social discrimination toward people with HIV or AIDS.
The report on the HIV/AIDS situation in China, which was produced by China's Ministry of Health along with a joint program on HIV and AIDS by the United Nations and World Health Organization, said the number of people living with HIV/AIDS increased by 40,000 in two years from 2009. It added cases of new infections remained at a low level.
With about 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS nationwide, including 154,000 AIDS patients, the total infection rate stands at 0.058 percent, the report said.
The rise in the number of AIDS patients is mostly due to the government's increasing efforts in prevention and intervention, which helped reduce deaths among such patients, the report said.
The report added that more than 136,000 AIDS patients had received anti-virus treatments by September 2011, bringing the treatment coverage rate to 73.5 percent, an increase of 11.5 percentage points compared to 2009.
Some new trends are emerging as imported and sexually transmitted cases keep increasing, according to the report.
It called for expanding the checking range in groups most at risk of becoming infected and further strengthening treatment among those with the virus.
It also recommended boosting health education and reducing social discrimination toward people with HIV or AIDS.
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