NW China region reports sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases【悬赏50钢蹦】

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& f, G1 b' @2 i, S: `: A  PLANZHOU, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of reported cases of HIV/AIDS rose by 50 percent last year to 216 in northwest China's Gansu Province.
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8 S, Z* w$ q$ k9 m    Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (GPCDC) said Sunday only 10 people were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in2000.

    Fifty-five people already showed full-blown AIDS symptoms and 34 others had died of the disease in the past year, said Yu Ailing, head of STD/HIV/AIDS prevention at the GPCDC.
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    Yu denied the spread of the killer disease in the mountain-locked province was serious.

    "The main reason behind the rising number of HIV/AIDS cases year on year lies in the fact the government has stepped up efforts to prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDS, and tests and monitoring were tightened accordingly," said Yu.
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1 ?2 ~8 x1 Z. H5 ^, |" q0 n: G$ ]- z    She insisted HIV/AIDS was spreading slowly in Gansu in comparison with other Chinese mainland regions.

3 d0 Z! o9 L- {: c2 R1 [    A total of 682 HIV/AIDS cases had been reported in Gansu since 1993 when the first case was found, and 113 people had died of AIDS.

    The province has increased funding and tightened HIV/AIDS prevention measures, which have extended to cover active homosexuals as well as sex workers and intravenous drug takers.

2 ^2 c- w, v# C    In the past year, more than 80,000 condoms were distributed and educational brochures were given to gays to improve the awareness of the disease.
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) p6 T! F7 y9 |# ~    China's Ministry of Health, the UNAIDS program and the World Health Organization estimated that around 700,000 Chinese were living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2007, including 85,000 AIDS patients.

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新华网3月8日兰州电

中国西北部甘肃省的HIV艾滋病例的报道数去年增加了50%，达到了216例。
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$ y) h/ t, x, K$ V甘肃省疾病预防控制中心在星期日说2000年的确诊HIV艾滋病例数仅为10例。
   
甘肃疾病预防控制中心性病艾滋病预防中心主任余爱玲告诉我们，55例表现出艾滋病的症状，34例已于去年死亡。
   
余否认这种能使人致死的疾病在山区省份的传播已经达到严重的程度。
   
& {) Q4 e2 ?( R每年艾滋病病例数增加的主要原因是政府逐渐加大了预防和控制艾滋病传播的力度，相应的检查和检测也加强了。
  
余强调说与中国内陆其他地区相比，甘肃省的传播比较缓慢。
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自从1993年首例艾滋病在甘肃发现以来，一共报道有682例病人，其中113例已经因艾滋病而死亡。
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甘肃省已经加大了预防艾滋病的经费投入，加大了控制措施，这些措施已经覆盖了活跃的同性恋人群，性工作者和静脉吸毒者。
   
去年，超过8万个安全套和教育手册被分发到男同性恋人群中来帮助他们提高对疾病的认识。
   
# o- A4 V9 C* {, S$ u中国卫生部，联合国艾滋病规划署项目和世界卫生组织估计，到2007年底，大约70万中国人会感染HIV艾滋，包括了85000艾滋病人。