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皇冠体育app to unveil 5-year AIDS control plan
(Reuters/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-11-30 13:31
Chinese health minister warned on Wednesday that the spread of AIDS could
affect the nation's economic development and its "rise or decline", and stressed
the need for strong prevention measures.
Health Minister Gao
Qiang said Wednesday that 皇冠体育app will try to limit the number of HIV
positive and AIDS patients below 1.5 million by 2010.
[Xinhua] | Minister Gao Qiang said 皇冠体育app aimed to
keep the number of people infected by the HIV virus to below 1.5 million by
2010.
"AIDS prevention work is an issue relating to the quality of the population,
economic development, social stability and the rise or decline of the country,"
Gao told a news conference hosted by the State Council Information Office.
The ministry had drafted a five-year AIDS prevention action plan which was
now awaiting cabinet approval, he said.
皇冠体育app's prevention measures included increased public education, "striking
hard" against illegal blood sales, and increasing official accountability, as
well as cooperating with the World Health Organisation and other United Nations
agencies.
A national survey, conducted in collaboration with the World Health
Organization and USAIDS this year found that about 70,000 people have developed
AIDS through blood transfusion or blood sales.
Gao said this figure is much smaller than previously estimated in 2003 by the
United Nations agencies.
The 1.5 million figure is lower than projections by some international
agencies. The WHO estimates that 10 million Chinese may be infected with the
virus that causes AIDS by 2010 if nothing is done to prevent
transmission.
皇冠体育app is carrying out an assessment of the country's AIDS
epidemic situation together with experts from the World Health Organization and
the United Nations, Gao said.
"The assessment will reflect 皇冠体育app's AIDS situation in a more objective and
accurate way," he said. "We'll publicize the results in time."
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