Thứ Năm, 1 tháng 12, 2011

World's 34 million people infected with HIV

Today, 1-12, on World HIV / AIDS, investigating agencies of the United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) said the world's 34 million people infected with HIV.

UNAIDS announced last 21-11 days, about 34 million people infected with HIV. Since 1981, the disease was first discovered 25 million people have been killed by this disease.

According to survey data in 2009, in China, 15% of people over 50 years of age test result is HIV positive - higher than 8% over the previous four years. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV China, said most victims were male HIV infection by sex is not safe.

The United Nations estimates that by the end of this year, about 780,000 Chinese people will be living with the disease and more than half of them knew of his illness. Chinese authorities acknowledge the actual number could be higher, especially for the elderly.

In the ten months of this year, more than 10,000 cases of HIV infection in Yunnan Province, bringing the total number of people infected with HIV and AIDS patients in many provinces to 90,000 people.

45.8% infected by sexual contact, 37.3% through the use of infected needles. 77.3% of new infections increased from 71.3% in the same period last year.

60.8% 20-39 years old youth from HIV infection. The difference between HIV-infected people in rural areas and unemployment is high, corresponding to 55.3% (rural) and 18.6% (unemployed).

As director of the prevention of HIV AIDS in Yunnan province, migrants vulnerable to HIV infection by the nomadic nature and lack of understanding of the disease.

According to UNAIDS, the number of deaths due to AIDS in the past eight years has fallen 60%. In particular, in African countries, AIDS prevention campaign with great effect to prevent the disease develops.

In Pakistan, there are about 100,000 cases of HIV / AIDS.

According to statistics, as of June, Vietnam has nearly 120,000 people living with HIV, including more than 46,000 AIDS patients.Over the same period in 2010, the numbers of cases HIVgiam than 1,200, the number fell by nearly 1,000 AIDS patients.

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