Thursday, January 26, 2006

2005 Update on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Response in China

"China’s AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating with an estimated 70,000 new HIV infections occurring in 2005, according to a report released today by the Chinese Ministry of Health, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization. The latest data indicate that 650,000 (range 540,000 to 760,000) people are now living with HIV in China and that overall HIV prevalence is now estimated at approximately 0.05 per cent." Source: Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization

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