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November 30, 2004

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The WHO caused a fuss earlier this week with dire warnings of a flu pandemic, most likely via bird flu. Scary stuff and one that is rightly getting a lot of attention.

Meanwhile China is already on the edge of a major health crisis. Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. The head of the China AIDS Prevention and Control Council has estimated only 10% of HIV positive citizens have been identified. According to the official statistics (which are thought to underestimate the problem) China has 840,000 HIV positive people. But only 90,000 had registered with the Government for treatment. A Health Ministry survey shows widespread ignorance about AIDS in China. The survey concludes that AIDS patients are not the enemy but ignorance, fear and discrimation are the biggest obstacles in AIDS prevention and control. Easy to say, difficult to do.

Update: China has also just reported its AIDS cases are growing at 40% per year.

 posted by Simon on 11.30.04 at 11:45 AM in the




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