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Prevention/Epidemiology China to Open 300 Needle Exchange Centers in AIDS FightSeptember 29, 2006 According to a report today from Xinhua News Agency, China will open 300 additional needle exchange centers in the next three months. Health Ministry statistics show just 91 needle exchange centers were operating in China at the end of 2005. The expansion is necessary, the ministry said, because 44.3 percent of the nation's estimated 650,000 HIV-positive people contracted the virus through needle sharing. China's overall budget for treating and preventing HIV/AIDS in 2005 was 1.08 billion yuan ($136.6 million US), more than double the amount allocated in 2003, Xinhua said. Agence France Presse 09.29.2006  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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