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─ Area: AIDS-HIV - R ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Msg#: 470 Date: 01-05-93 16:23
From: Billi Goldberg Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: (4) CDC SUMMARY 1/4/93
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-=> Quoting Billi Goldberg to All <=-
BG> "AIDS Concern and Threat Grow in China, Says Magazine" United Press
BG> International (01/04/93)
BG> Beijing--Fear of AIDS is becoming prevalent in China, but
BG> government efforts are neglecting to educate the country about the
BG> disease, according to the government English-language weekly magazine
BG> Beijing Review. The known numbers of AIDS cases in China are
BG> relatively small. Last month, health officials reported that 969
BG> Chinese were infected with HIV. Overall, 12 people have AIDS--nine
BG> of whom have died. However, health experts are concerned that there
BG> are many more unidentified cases of HIV infection because of China's
BG> strict legal and social attitudes toward people with high-risk
BG> behavior. The magazine quoted Wan Yanhai, head of the Beijing
BG> hotline team sponsored by the Chinese Institute of Health Education,
BG> who cautioned that -!-
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