In the fight against AIDS in Yunnan Province, held yesterday, the work of press briefing on the provincial health department deputy director, Xu Heping disclosed that since 1989 in the border areas of our province intravenous drug users in the initial report of 146 cases of HIV infection has been, as of by the end of October, our province had reported HIV infected persons and AIDS patients has reached 72,939 cases.

Situation: MSM infected with increasing

Xu Heping said that the AIDS epidemic in our province in general show five features. The overall rate of increase slowed the AIDS epidemic, AIDS comprehensive prevention and treatment begin to be felt; infected with a large base, the cumulative reported HIV infected persons and AIDS patients, the number of ranks 1-2 places; sexual transmission has become the main way of HIV transmission in our province, in the from January to September this year, the report of infected persons, sexually transmitted infections up to 64.5%, men with men infected with the crowd rising faster; prevalence of injecting drug users remained fairly level, test results show that injecting drug users infected with the province's rate was 26.6%; AIDS epidemic, widespread factors, the affected populations increase, part of the state (city) seriousness of the epidemic of drugs and its neighboring countries and regions, the AIDS epidemic is very grim.

Prevention and control: One year made a 27.06 million condoms

This year is a new round of anti-aids in our province the second year of people's war, the province departments at all levels in accordance with provincial government's unified plan to comprehensively strengthen the fight against AIDS, launched a surveillance and testing, behavioral interventions, case management, clinical treatment, PMTCT and so on. Present a central laboratory diagnosis of AIDS, 18 AIDS diagnosis laboratories, 212 laboratories and 950 AIDS and HIV screening test points, form a covering to the township (village) of the HIV testing laboratory network; from January to October the whole Provincial completed HIV antibody test were 1.9315 million people, the report HIV-positive 10271; the completion of sentinel surveillance missions were 43800 people.

Behavioral intervention, states and municipalities in hotels, guest houses and business of entertainment in public places where condoms throughout the year to promote the use of condoms 27.06 million, 5.18 million of marketing. Of sex workers, drug users, MSM groups were to intervene. At the same time, the City is also related to methadone maintenance treatment areas, set up clean needles exchange points.

Treatment: the work of the province's 105 counties

The province's 16 states (cities) of 105 counties in 151 medical institutions to carry out AIDS anti-viral treatment, the cumulative treatment of 13535 people, 11531 people in the government; cumulative treatment of HIV infection in 243 children, in the rule 223; the province's pre-marital AIDS Advisory Detection of 326.9 thousand passengers, pregnant women HIV counseling and testing 590.7 thousand passengers, 1-September deliveries of 685 cases of HIV-infected women giving birth, maternal and child interventions, coverage is 98.69%. Difficult for the province's 8098 life of HIV infected persons / patients and their families have been living assistance, the 2194 school-age children orphaned by AIDS to implement the "two exemptions and one subsidy" given an opportunity to more than 1,500 infections and routine testing benefits, subsidies the amount of more than 200 million yuan.

In April, the Ministry of Health launched a second round of the National AIDS comprehensive prevention and treatment demonstration areas to work in our province Hongta, Dali City, Linxiang District was listed as the central focus of the building of demonstration areas, Zhaoyang District and 17 counties (districts) as a the central and provincial establishment of demonstration areas. The central and provincial funds invested a total of 6 million yuan, to the end of August, 20 have launched a comprehensive prevention and treatment demonstration areas.

■ Yunnan AIDS Prevention Data

People were killed from January to October 1432

● As of the end of October, our province had reported HIV infected persons and AIDS patients in 72,939 cases, accounting for 22.8%, of which 14,954 cases of AIDS patients, accounting for 14.6%, 9291 cases of death, accounting for 18.6% of the country.

● 1-10 Yue province reported HIV infected persons and AIDS patients in 10,271 cases, of which 2509 cases of AIDS patients died 1432 cases. (Yunnan Information News)