Wang Longde: a new feature of the AIDS epidemic prevention and control of the whole society to be involved in
At 18:23 on July 1, 2009 Source: People's Network - Health Channel
Beijing, July 1 (Xinhua Leigang) held yesterday, the Asian Development Bank pilot project to combat AIDS at summing up, the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, said Wang, the Chinese government attaches great importance to AIDS prevention and control work has been made not little progress and achievements, but also very difficult task. The need to unite and mobilize the strength of all aspects of society, in particular the strength of non-governmental organizations, to jointly prevent and control the spread of AIDS, care and care of AIDS patients to reduce the social discrimination, and create a friendly social atmosphere.

Wang pointed out that the current upward trend of AIDS in China has yet to be effectively curbed, prevention and control of the situation is grim, daunting task of prevention and control. Since 1985, the first report of AIDS cases in China since the existing HIV-infected persons, about 70 million people, AIDS, about 85,000 cases of patients. China's AIDS epidemic is still a rapid upward trend in 2007 made China the new AIDS-infected about 5 million people, with a daily average of about 140 people infected. The current AIDS epidemic emerged: the spread of fast, affecting a wide range of localized outbreaks of serious infection from high-risk groups to the general population and so on.

The Chinese Government attaches great importance to AIDS prevention and control work, introduction of the "AIDS prevention and control regulations," "Four Frees and One Care" and other positive policies and measures to combat AIDS. At the same time, to carry out the implementation of high-risk behaviors for a variety of interventions to reduce risk-taking behavior, control of AIDS through sexual contact and transmission by the drug. AIDS prevention and control work in China has made considerable progress and achievements, but also very difficult task. Wang Longde said that AIDS prevention and control of the Government's efforts alone are not enough. The need to strengthen international cooperation in the international community's successful experience and practical application to China's AIDS prevention work; we need to unite and mobilize the strength of all aspects of society, in particular the strength of non-governmental organizations, to jointly prevent and control the spread of AIDS, care and care for AIDS patients to reduce the social discrimination, and create a friendly social atmosphere.

At present, including China and actively explore the world is still effective, the sustainability of AIDS prevention and control mechanisms and models. Asian Development Bank technical assistance projects in the fight against AIDS, sub-6 that is, local AIDS prevention sustainable network construction sub-projects, project cycle for 2 years. Through the establishment of a wider range of networking, to strengthen non-governmental organizations and civil society participation, the participants play different comparative advantages, actively explore high-risk areas in AIDS prevention and control of HIV replication and extension of the government departments and non - government agencies and mechanisms for co-operation.

Asian Development Bank AIDS sub-project selection in two different geographical and cultural background of high incidence of AIDS in the implementation of the project area. Yunnan Lincang mainly through the Poverty Alleviation Office of Yunnan Province and the local organization and coordination, people love each other over the concrete implementation of international organizations; people love each other over international organizations in project implementation to introduce the organization in Africa to develop a sound entirely of infectious diseases control principles and practices (Total Control of the Epidemic, TCE), trained through the 60 local officials, all the population in the region face-to-face, door-to-door promotion of AIDS knowledge, consultation, mobilization and intervention measures such as condoms.

Xinjiang Aksu integrated prevention and control of AIDS prevention pilot projects will be through policy advocacy, multi-sectoral mobilization (especially the religious sector), capacity building, outreach services, the expansion of methadone maintenance therapy drugs, needle exchange coverage, the expansion of interventions targeted at sex workers, patriotic religious figures to promote AIDS awareness and other means to reduce the local HIV / AIDS new infections, to curb the development of the AIDS epidemic.

Ministry of Health Deputy Secretary for Disease Control郝阳, China CDC sexually transmitted diseases, director of the Center for AIDS Control and Prevention, said Wu Zunyou: features two pilot projects, implementation of the project in place, and the results are remarkable project practices and experience in areas of high AIDS from .