Battling stigma key to anti-HIV campaign

China has remarkably scaled up its HIV prevention and mitigation work over the last few years. With increasing funding support from its government and external donors, it has expanded HIV prevention, treatment and care activities across the country.

The establishment and easy access of HIV testing services have encouraged many Chinese who have already been infected to reveal their HIV status; and they can start early medication.

In fact, since 2004, the HIV prevalence rate in China has unexpectedly increased due to increasing access to HIV testing services and an improved surveillance system. By the end of October last year, the cumulative number of people reported to be living with HIV in the country was 223,501, including 62,838 AIDS cases.