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- Title
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China: History, Current Strategies and Future Challenges.
- Authors
Zunyou Wu; Keming Rou; Haixia Gui
- Abstract
This article reviews the epidemic of HIV infection and AIDS, the Chinese national policy development in response to the epidemic, and disparities between policies and the need for AIDS prevention in China. A unique pattern of the HIV epidemic has been observed in China. The first HIV infection was probably introduced into China in 1985, and the first outbreak of HIV infection was observed among rural injection drug users on the border areas between China and Myanmar in 1989. China started HIV/AIDS surveillance in 1986, and official notification of HIV infection became a legal requirement in 1989. In 1995, supported by the World Health Organization, the China Ministry of Health, and NCAIDS established 42 sentinel surveillance sites in 23 provinces. By 2002 the number of sites had increased to 158, encompassing 31 provinces.
- Publication
AIDS Education & Prevention, 2004, Vol 16, p7
- ISSN
0899-9546
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1521/aeap.16.3.5.7.35521