Around 60,000 new HIV/AIDS cases in China
November 1st, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANSBeijing, Nov 1 (IANS) China has recorded about 429,000 registered AIDS patients and HIV carriers by the end of September, Xinhua reported.
According to the official figures released Monday, these statistics are up by nearly 60,000 over the past 11 months.
China’s Minister for Health Chen Zhu, during a conference jointly held by the Ministry and the UNAIDS’s Theme Group in China, revealed that since the 1980s, the country had seen over 164,000 registered AIDS patients and 86,000 recorded deaths attributable to the disease.
Although growth in the registered HIV/AIDS population declined in recent years, previous research also indicated a large group to have not been covered in the official count.
A joint research project conducted in 2009 by the ministry, the UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation estimated the total to be 740,000 as of the end of that year.
With more HIV carriers turning into AIDS patients and more deaths reported, the spread of the disease will project a growing influence on the social and economical development of affected regions, Chen said.
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