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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Officials: Juvenile AIDS Infections in China Low, but Immediate Preventative Action NeededNovember 21, 2001 Fewer than 1,000 Chinese children have AIDS, but that figure
could grow drastically unless the government exploits its brief
opportunity to prevent an AIDS epidemic, UN children's advocates
said Wednesday. "China has the opportunity to prevent a major,
major epidemic," but it must act now to slow the rate of new
infections, said Edwin J. Judd, UNICEF area representative for
China and Mongolia. The advocates' comments came at the end of a
nine-day visit by Mehr Khan, UNICEF regional director for East
Asia and the Pacific. Khan attended a session of China's first-ever AIDS conference and toured UNICEF projects in the province of Sichuan.
Adapted from:
Back to other CDC news for November 21, 2001 Associated Press 11.21.01; Christopher Bodeen This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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