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HIV infection jumps by 180% in Shenzhen
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-30 16:43 Some 347 people had been
found to be HIV infected throughout Shenzhen last year, 79 of them with AIDS,
according to an AIDS report released at a working conference of the municipal
health bureau Tuesday.
The number of HIV-infected people last year increased by 180 percent over the
previous year, which meant a more severe situation for the city's task of AIDS
prevention, said the report.
Of the 347 HIV-infected people and AIDS patients, 264 were male and 83
female, accounting for 76.1 percent and 23.9 percent of the total respectively.
Almost 52 percent were unmarried while 43.8 percent were married.
Some 139 of the 4,696 drug addicts examined in three drug rehabilitation
centers were found to be HIV infected while 35 were from several detention
houses.
Job distribution showed that 55.6 percent were unemployed while 15.2 percent
were employed, 9.4 percent in the service sector, 7.6 percent technicians, 6.4
percent business people and 5.8 percent peasants.
Statistics also showed that 28.8 percent were temporary residents while 66
percent were from the floating population, 5.2 percent from permanent residents
with Shenzhen hukou, and 1.2 percent foreigners.
Figures also varied greatly between the six districts with the most cases in
Bao'an District, accounting for 40.9 percent of the total. Longgang had 21.6
percent, Luohu 21, Futian 8.7 and Nanshan 7.8 percent. Yantian District was the
only district free of HIV infection, the report said.
It was also revealed that drug addicts using needles were the majority of HIV
infections, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total. Other infections were
through sexual activity, blood transfusions, or from a mother to her unborn
child.
Statistics from the Shenzhen Municipal Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (SZCDC) showed that nearly 80 medical organizations and institutions
at various levels had started to screen HIV cases, examining 274,666 people last
year.
“The city's AIDS situation is relatively stable but the prevention task is
still severe,” said Feng Jian, an SZCDC expert.
As the HIV-infected people detected earlier had gradually developed AIDS, the
demand for clinical treatment grew increasingly, experts said.
The SZCDC had provided counseling and prevention advice for 325 HIV-infected
people and patients and offered clinical treatment guidance for 21 patients and
provided follow-up service for 27 patients.
Shenzhen had taken a series of measures to deal with the situation. The city
now has 58 laboratories, 56 for initial screening and two for diagnosis. The
city provides free blood tests for people who volunteer for examinations for
HIV, free treatment for impoverished AIDS patients, free education for orphans
of AIDS parents and free HIV examinations and treatment for pregnant women.
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