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"AIDS prevention and care cooperation projects", officially launched in Yinchuan City, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
It's Daily Overseas Edition reports, This event aims at promoting the education of young people, such as AIDS and the knowledge and awareness of the problem. AIDS prevention and care so that the scope of expansion from the city center to county-level and below, enable more young people to increase AIDS awareness.
Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund Office in China said Wood Qichen on the initiation ceremony. According to the latest UNAIDS data show that as of the end of last year. Global AIDS virus (HIV) infection as much as 42 million people last year, 3 million people died of AIDS in the world. There are about five million new infections of HIV. Currently, China's AIDS prevalence in some areas and high-risk groups, adult HIV infection rate was 0.11%. but has entered a period of rapid growth. The nation's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have found that HIV infection. National estimates the actual number of infected has reached one million. Therefore, the more people understand AIDS, AIDS patients get more care and respect, it is extremely urgent.
This article was posted on 2007-02-27
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