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International News Beijing Sees Increase In HIV/AIDS CasesJuly 13, 2009 During the first five months of 2008, 501 cases of HIV/AIDS cases have been confirmed in Beijing - "an 21.9 percent increase over the same period last year," China Daily/People's Daily Online reports (7/10). Gay men and other men who have sex with men "accounted for 44 percent of the total, said Deng Ying, director of the Beijing Disease Control and Prevention Center," Xinhua reports. City officials said they will scale up HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns to reach out to high-risk populations in the capital city of a country where experts estimate 700,000 are living with HIV (7/9). Back to other news for July 2009
 This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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