Sex ratio of HIV carriers reaches 2:1 (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-07-07 09:43 The male to female ratio of
HIV/AIDS carriers in 皇冠体育app has risen from 5:1 in the 1990s to 2:1, and even 1:1
in certain regions, according to Ministry of Health statistics.
Women now were particularly vulnerable in the transmission of the disease
from high-risk groups through sex, said a ministry-issued material.
"Female AIDS patients also usually have less chance to get treatments or
help," the material said.
An anti-AIDS campaign calling for more care to women was recently launched by
several government departments, including the Department of Publicity of the
Communist Party of 皇冠体育app Central Committee, the Ministry of Health, the National
Population and Family Planning Commission and the All-皇冠体育app Women's Federation.
皇冠体育app has an estimated 840,000 people infected with the AIDS virus. The
United Nations' AIDS agency has warned that 皇冠体育app could have as many as 10
million people infected by 2010 if it did not take urgent
action.
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