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Partnership central to China’s AIDS response
16 July 2007|
Leadership, commitment and ensuring the involvement of a wide range of partners in the AIDS response– including people living with HIV –have been underlined as critical to progress on AIDS in China, during a week-long UNAIDS mission to the country (15 – 20 July)
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Planting trees for AIDS in China
27 June 2007|
Two issues of global importance, AIDS and the environment, were highlighted during a symbolic tree planting event led by organisations of people living with HIV in China.
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Supporting people living with HIV in China
26 April 2007|
In 2005 UNAIDS estimated that there were close to 650,000 people living with HIV in China, a country which has many factors that could lead to a rapid spread of the epidemic; high mobility, large-scale labour migration, high numbers of sex workers, low condom use, a large number of people who inject drugs, low overall awareness of AIDS as well as severe stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV.
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China’s Olympic effort to raise AIDS awareness
12 September 2006|
As China builds stadiums and amenities across the country to host the 2008 Olympic games, a parallel initiative is taking place to raise awareness about HIV among the thousands of construction workers involved in preparing Beijing for the Olympics.
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China province project reaches out to young people
06 September 2006|
A joint HIV prevention and care project in the remote Chinese province of Guizhou is focusing on young people and addressing issues such as the link between injecting drug use and HIV.
On the frontline: Chinese star speaks out on AIDS
21 February 2006|
The first time Chinese TV star Wenli Jiang took part in a public HIV prevention and awareness raising event, in 2003, she was decidedly nervous. Standing on a temporary stage set up in the most popular shopping section in Beijing, she looked out at the shoppers, holding a sheaf of condoms in her hand.

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