Current status of HIV infection in Yunnan Province of China
Hirabayashi, K.; Tajima, K.; Soda, K.; Yi, Z.; Dong, Z.X.; He, C.H.; Lin, Y.G.
Japanese Journal of Public Health 44(5): 400-410
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0546-1766 PMID: 9261209 Document Number: 269187
In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and the Yunnan Provincial Office for AIDS Control and Prevention, the authors studied the current status of HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IVDUs) and other high-risk groups in Yunnan province, China. As of the end of 1995, 1807 HIV cases had been officially reported (positive rate was 0.6%), of which 1278 (77.9 %) were IVDUs and 24 were their spouses. The majority of cases were found among the Dai minority male farmers near Ruili, which borders on Myanmar, but HIV also appears to be spreading among the Han people. HIV antibody positive rates among commercial sex workers, pregnant women, and blood donors were 0.2%, 0.07%, and 0.04%, respectively. A system for surveillance of HIV has been developed, but preventive strategies to cope with the HIV epidemic are not sufficient. As HIV/AIDS is now a global issue, the integration and coordination of such preventive strategies in cooperation with community health workers, general health education for condom use promotion, and care of psychologically vulnerable people such as IVDUs should be developed.