Guangxi: people living with HIV 43,046 cases of sexually transmitted into the main channel
At 3:01 p.m. on December 31, 2008 Source: Guangxi News Network - South China Morning Post
December 30, autonomous regions and AIDS Working Committee meeting held in Nanning. As of November of this year, I report a total area of HIV-infected 43,046 cases, the infection rate for the entire population 0.08 percent. AIDS epidemic began in the form of sexual transmitted changes to the public of the dangers of proliferation significantly increased.

Prevention and control, "Ai magic" can not be slack

As of November 2008, our region has a total of HIV-infected people report 43,046 cases, of which 9174 cases of AIDS patients, is the number of infected people report more than 40,000 cases of the third provinces (autonomous regions).

The 2008 report of the HIV and AIDS patients, accounting for heterosexual spread of 56.5 percent, the spread of injecting drug users accounted for 21.4 percent, that route of transmission of sexually transmitted mainly have to. All the region's cities and counties have AIDS epidemic report, but the relative concentration of distribution in Liuzhou, Nanning, Qinzhou, Hezhou, Chongzuo, such as Guigang City and the surrounding counties.

For many years our region to take comprehensive measures to combat the AIDS epidemic in the region has a relatively flat growth, but the source of infection due to AIDS in the region have been widely spread from infected areas outside the influence of the source of more and more obvious. In addition, our region and the North Vietnamese AIDS epidemic in areas adjacent to the heaviest, so in our region each year the number of new AIDS infections continues to maintain growth inertia, AIDS prevention and control situation is still grim.

Prevention and control measures are effective from

In response to these circumstances, our region is to explore with government departments in Guangxi prevention and control of the actual model. At present, Tibet has formed a 14 city-centric monitoring of AIDS and AIDS laboratory network this year for a total of 70,000 people has provided voluntary HIV counseling and testing services. The whole region carried out drug users and women in the entertainment interventions to promote condom use measures were included in the public service establishments, the scope of services.

In order to reduce AIDS transmission among drug users in the autonomous region set up by the total number of out-patient methadone maintenance treatment have reached 63, a total of 10,000 people took part in methadone maintenance treatment. Needle exchange measure covers more than 20,000 drug addicts, and every year more than 200 syringes 10,000. Against gay men and AIDS comprehensive prevention and monitoring work to start implementation.

At present, the region had a total of 38 free anti-AIDS virus treatment at the normal operation, one after another for more than 8,000 AIDS patients with the treatment, almost 90% of the patients good treatment compliance. This year, the departments concerned for the 440,000 maternal HIV antibody testing to provide a detection HIV-positive pregnant women 460, in a timely manner and to take comprehensive measures to block. A lot of local support and assistance to AIDS-infected people to establish various types of self-help groups, or the provision of small amounts of money to support the infected family to carry out productive activities.

Fang Yi weaving departments were "net"

Reporters learned that the next government will focus on improving the mechanism of Fang Yi, change the region's AIDS prevention and treatment of unbalanced development of the status quo, a comprehensive prevention and treatment services to expand coverage.

Our region will be established as soon as possible and improve the local government's commitment to AIDS treatment costs of opportunistic infections of the working mechanism, such as the annual estimates based on data for the high mortality rate and multiple treatment of opportunistic infections to provide free drug treatment. It is estimated that by the year 2010, our region will be 20,000 cases of AIDS patients and for which 6000 cases of opportunistic infections in patients with the provision of free treatment.

In addition, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases will further strengthen the standardization of sexually transmitted diseases clinic will cover the county level. It is estimated that in 2010, the region's out-patient methadone maintenance treatment will reach 80, around the area for sex workers and effective interventions to achieve coverage of 90% of the municipalities are to carry out gay men and AIDS prevention groups to intervene, to further improve the region's AIDS prevention and control system. (If Zhang Fan)