City upgrades AIDS effort as cases rise
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The number of Shanghai residents carrying the AIDS virus has increased 25 percent to 213 victims so far this year, local health authorities reported yesterday.
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HIV infections are on the rise in all regions and in China the deadly virus is gradually spreading from high-risk groups to the general population, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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The city has managed to increase significantly the number of children that are immunized, but must now deal with the loss of federal funding that had helped it along.
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government said all pregnant women would be screened for HIV/AIDS to stem a rise in new infections. controlled city-state, where the number of new HIV infections reached a record high this year.
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The emergence of new and improved drugs, genetic engineering and the ancient surgical practice of circumcision are the latest weapons in the fight against AIDS, the International AIDS Society conference was told on Tuesday.
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A citywide HIV testing campaign, launched with bold pronouncements that brought the District national attention, has been hampered by poor planning and wasted resources in its first six months, according to a report released today by a public advocacy organization.
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The number of AIDS patients receiving  life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000  from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday,  but warned much more needed to be done.
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An industrial city northwest of Moscow struggles as AIDS hits a broader population.
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A record 7,000 people were diagnosed with HIV last year, according to figures released yesterday. The number of new cases of the virus that causes Aids has grown by around
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Officials figures on HIV/Aids in China reveal a 30% increase in reported cases since last year.
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BEIJING The number of people contracting the AIDS virus in China is rising and infections are spreading from high-risk groups such as drug users to the general population, according to a study released Tuesday.
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There are five new AIDS cases and 18 HIV positive people in Macedonia, the MIA news agency reported Monday citing official sources.
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An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show.
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One day after the discovery of a drug-resistant, fast-developing AIDS case in New York prompted city health officials to announce an alert, leading experts said on Saturday there may be little cause for alarm.
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The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in gay and bisexual men has risen in many U.S. states, according to a federal study on Wednesday which stoked concerns AIDS may be poised for a resurgence in the country.
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The rate of HIV/AIDS cases in Uganda, a  country widely praised for its fight against the disease, may  be nearly three times as high as official figures suggest,  according to an NGO that works with HIV/AIDS sufferers.
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SHANGHAI, China Sept. 15, 2004 - With AIDS making disastrous new inroads in the Asian-Pacific region, World Health Organization experts are evaluating progress toward providing anti-AIDS drugs to 3 million