HIV/AIDS cases in China reach 214,300, deaths number 18,000

As of July of this year, there was an accumulated total of 214,300 HIV patients in China, and out of these 56,758 have AIDS and 18,246 have died. (Photo by China News Agency Huang Zhengsheng).The news a few days ago from the National AIDS Prevention Propaganda and Education Event Organizing Committee at the East China regions AIDS Prevention Meeting: In the first 10 days of November of this year, 100,000 illustrated posters on AIDS prevention will be distributed in communities in Eastern China. The Eastern China AIDS prevention website will also be set up.State Council AIDS Committee Deputy Director Hao Yang said that since China discovered its first AIDS case in 1985, up until the end of July of this year, there was an accumulated total of 214,300 HIV/AIDS patients in China, 56758 of whom have AIDS, and 18,246 of whom have died. Because of HIV's latent period and its concealed nature, it is possible that there are HIV-positive people who have not yet been discovered. For the purposes of mass prevention and treatment, starting this year, regions in Eastern China will unite to launch AIDS prevention training events