In China, an About-Face on AIDS Prevention
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Li Yi squirmed a little as she searched for the right words. Using condoms is important to staying healthy, she wanted to say, but pleasing men is also important if she wants to stay in business.
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Shanghai&#39;s public health department has established a long-term mechanism to prevent the spread of AIDS/HIV. There are now 1,124 AIDS/HIV cases in Shanghai, with 213 reported this year.
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China&#39;s president has publicly shaken hand an AIDS patient, in what is being described as a landmark moment. China officially has 840,000 HIV/AIDS sufferers, but experts believe many more people have the virus.
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BEIJING  - The head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria praised China Tuesday for its efforts in addressing HIV/AIDS, but warned that any let up could prove catastrophic.
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The proportion of females among those infected with HIV/AIDS in China jumped to 27.8 percent in 2006 from 19.4 percent in 2000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
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More than 500,000 officials and specialists on July 26 began a survey project that aims to reach more than one million people in 18 cities and 35 counties in the Henan province of Central China to determine how many people there are HIV-positive
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There are signs for optimism in China's fight against HIV/AIDS such as growing use of anti-retrovirals, but harassment of civil society activists remains a worry, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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China's Ministry of Health issues a statement highlighting the country's new rules on organ transplants.
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Beijing will install about 1,000 condom vending machines in hotels, bars, universities and on construction sites in the Chinese capital this month to fight the spread of AIDS, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
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China has made it illegal to buy and sell blood in an effort to stem the country&#39;s growing AIDS epidemic, the first time the disease has been targeted in a law, state-run media reported Monday.
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China has admitted that illegal blood sales, one of the main causes of its spiralling AIDS problem, are still rampant despite being outlawed in 1996, state media reported Thursday.
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The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases  in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, state media  said on Wednesday, warning the virus seemed to be spreading  from high-risk groups to the general public.
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HIV carriers in China may have a chance to become civil servants under a new health standard for recruitment. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Health are now seeking
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In a small town of Yunnan Province, a group of drug users were attentively listening to a class teaching them how to prevent themselves from contracting HIV/AIDS.
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Chinese health authorities have pledged to do more to prevent babies being infected by their mothers with the HIV virus during delivery.
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HIV carriers in China may have a chance to become civil servants under a new health standard for recruitment, reported China Daily on Saturday.
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In an effort to reduce the incidence of AIDS in Japan, some public health centers have recently adopted a quick HIV testing regime that officials hope will be an effective tool for early stage detection and containment of the disease.