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China to unveil 5-year AIDS control plan
(Reuters/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-11-30 13:31 China's state-grade AIDS monitoring sites rose to 247 in late 2004, a sharp
comparison with 194 at the end of 2003. China has so far organized 2,686 working
teams specially designed for AIDS prevention among high-risk people.
A health
worker places a red ribbon on a girl during a photo show to promote
HIV/AIDS awareness in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province in this
November 5, 2005 photo. [Newsphoto] | The
government will allocate 800 million yuan (US$100 million) to support AIDS
prevention and treatment in 2005, said Gao Qiang.
In comparison, the figure in 2002 was 100 million yuan (US$12.5 million).
The money is mainly used for AIDS check, AIDS knowledge promotion, treatment
of AIDS patients, and prevention among high-risk people, said Gao.
In
its fresh efforts for nationwide promotion of AIDS knowledge, China will
officially launch an education program on December 1 among millions of migrant
workers, World AIDS Day.
The program is supposed to spread anti-AIDS knowledge among the migrant
workers, who have formed a huge fortune-seeking force flowing between rural and
urban areas.
Before this, 12 Chinese central departments carried out joint actions to
publicize AIDS knowledge among farmers and students, in which 740,000 villages,
50,000 neighborhood committees, 2,100 colleges 90,000 middle schools were
involved, Gao said.
Required by the State Council, China's highest governing body, government
leaders at different levels should be directly in charge of AIDS prevention, he
said.
"Those who try to cover up the epidemic or conduct dereliction of duties will
be held liable," he said.
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