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China has 192 new HIV carriers a day

An average of 192 people became new HIV carriers in China each day last year, but only eight per cent of them registered with health authorities.

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BEIJING: An average of 192 people became new HIV carriers in China each day last year, but only eight per cent of them registered with health authorities.

 

"Only 25 per cent of HIV carriers have been tested for HIV and only eight per cent are registered with local medical departments," officials said at the inauguration of the China Health Alliance in Beijing.

 

To fight a disease effectively, health authorities need not only effective treatments but also reliable data and good reporting mechanisms.

 

Only 160,000 HIV carriers and patients have been tested for the virus in China, and only 50,000 are documented in medical institutions that contact the patients and urge them to receive treatment, Director of the AIDS/STD Control and Prevention Centre Wu Zunyou said.

 

The China Health Alliance, initiated by the World Economic Forum yesterday, is a coalition between government, enterprises and NGOs to fight the growing challenge from HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis by offering education, testing and treatment to the infected.

 

By the end of 2005, China had recorded more than 140,000 cases of HIV infection. Officials estimate that there are approximately 650,000 people living with HIV in China, including approximately 75,000 AIDS patients.

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