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Dear
Friend, China stands on the brink of an explosive HIV/AIDS epidemic. Without immediate action, UNAIDS estimates that 20 million Chinese could be HIV-infected by 2010. Underlying these estimates are disturbing trends: increases in high-risk behavior among vulnerable populations, a huge migrant labor workforce that could become a breeding ground for AIDS, and over 200 million Chinese ages 15 to 24 with little knowledge of HIV or how to prevent it. The China AIDS Initiative (CAI), coordinated by the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, is working to produce dramatic and sustained interventions that will greatly reduce the size of what could otherwise become a devastating AIDS epidemic, far exceeding the impact of SARS. CAI coordinates the capacity, resources, and expertise of its partner organizations, including:
CAI is launching
testing, treatment and care programs in Henan, Yunnan and other
affected provinces, educating China’s population about the
realities of prevention and transmission, galvanizing China’s
new leaders to move AIDS up the national agenda, and strengthening
the role of civil society in combating AIDS by giving voice to NGO
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Click here to view a video about HIV/AIDS in China |
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