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Xinhua News Agency (12.22.03) - Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Gao Qiang, vice Minister of Health, brought up five AIDS measures at the 58th UN Assembly's special session on HIV/AIDS in September. The measures meant the government assumed more responsibility for HIV/AIDS prevention and control including free treatment for poor patients, establishment of control centers, passing disease-related laws, and cooperating internationally. The Chinese government regards HIV/AIDS prevention and control as a strategic issue affecting social stability, economic development and national security, Gao said.
"What was more important, 22 Chinese top scientists jointly appealed to society as a whole to take part in the anti-HIV work," Qian said, "and this showed China's AIDS problem had drawn the attention of the public."
He Zuoxiu, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said de- stigmatizing the virus is crucial to prevention and control in China. "It is a violation of human rights to judge HIV carriers immoral," he said.
Zeng Yi, chair of the Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS, said publicity and education about HIV/AIDS are crucial to the country's campaign, but the government could not support the entire cost. He asked private enterprise to support publicity work.
"If every Chinese donates two yuan (roughly 24 US cents), we can promise that in three years' time 6 million Chinese will be spared from the disease because of the timely and effective publicity," Zeng said.
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