Chinese HIV cases up 30 percent in 2006

NF Reporter · 11-21-2006, 08:51 PM

AP - Chinese state media said Tuesday that reported cases of HIV/AIDS jumped 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection.

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waltky · 08-20-2007, 08:43 PM

Sex is prime cause of China's HIV
Monday, 20 August 2007, Activists are pushing China to change the way it tackles HIV

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China's state media says unsafe sex has, for the first time, become the main means of transmission of HIV/Aids, overtaking intravenous drug use. Infected blood transfusions also caused many of the early cases.

The news raises fresh concerns that HIV infections are moving from high risk groups to the mainstream population. China estimates that about 650,000 people are HIV positive - but it is thought that widespread under-reporting makes accurate figures hard to come by.

Traditional attitudes

An official report says China saw 70,000 new cases of HIV in 2005 - and almost half were contracted from sexual intercourse. This has profound implications for China's approach to HIV prevention. In the past, the main focus has been on specific high-risk groups. Now efforts will have to concentrate on addressing mainstream sexual behaviour.

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Granny says "Too much sex goin' on is also why they got a over-population problem.
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waltky · 12-02-2007, 12:13 AM

Chinese AIDS estimates...

Up to 50 million Chinese at risk from AIDS: UN
30 Nov 2007, Up to 50 million Chinese people are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, United Nations officials warned on Friday, a day after the government said the spread of the disease has slowed.

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Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said on Thursday there were an estimated 50,000 new HIV infections in 2007 and China has about 700,000 HIV/AIDS cases. This compares with the estimated figure of 650,000 announced nearly two years ago based on work carried out by the Chinese government, the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.

But a day ahead of the World AIDS day, UN officials warned against complacency and cautioned that between 30 and 50 million people in China remained at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. "Thirty to 50 million are exposed to substantial risk of HIV infection today. It shows you the potential and magnitude of the issue for the future," said Bernhard Schwartlander, China coordinator of UNAIDS.

The fact that heterosexual contact was the top cause of new infections in 2007, accounting for 44.7 per cent, should also raise an alarm. "It is remarkable and important to recognise that, because that shows the potential of that spread is quite significant," he said. Schwartlander said although the current overall number of HIV/AIDS cases seemed relatively low for China's 1.3 billion population, infections were rising in more and more areas.

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