China facing rapidly spreading AIDS epidemic

The worldwide spread of AIDS has not forgotten China. But the Chinese government needs to step up the efforts to provide education about prevention and the importance of adhering to drug therapy.
Reuters recently reported that AIDS was first introduced to the country mostly to poor farmers through botched blood-selling schemes in the 1980s and 1990s. This quickly spread to intravenous drug abusers and high-risk groups. According to a recent report, there are 190 new HIV cases every day, and 1 percent of all pregnant women in China are HIV positive.
Posted by Angie Holladay

8 Comments

  1. hotlick
    Posted October 25, 2006 at 7:26 am | Permalink

    Good topic, Angie! Fasinating!

  2. Jim G.
    Posted October 25, 2006 at 11:53 am | Permalink

    Oh my god. Well, I guess China, Africa, and other nations have adopted the Ronald Reagan policy - let people die.

  3. Tony
    Posted October 25, 2006 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

    Might as well Jim, they are overpopulated as it is.

  4. hotlick
    Posted October 25, 2006 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    What happened to our riveting discussion on AIDs in China?

  5. Mary Caruso
    Posted October 25, 2006 at 10:18 pm | Permalink

    I think it was Hank who said one time that there was no problem with AIDS in China, because the people had higher morals. I’m I right, Hank?I guess we’re all just human no matter what country we live in.

  6. not giving my name on purpose
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 7:46 pm | Permalink

    Think of what a great place the world would have been if people like you weren’t allowed to breed.

  7. Ord07
    Posted October 27, 2006 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

    Don’t worry, I won’t comment on this one.

  8. Posted October 31, 2006 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    testing