Public Health Authorities In Chinese Region Tackle Rise In Injection Drug Use, HIV
15th Nov 2006, 12:32 GMT
Public health authorities in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang are "struggling to confront an increase in intravenous drug use and an attendant rise in AIDS cases," the New York Times reports. Roughly 60,000 of Xinjiang's 20 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and the region has one-tenth of China's AIDS cases and the highest HIV prevalence nationwide, according to the Times. [click link for full article]
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