Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday announced an Africa-China partnership to strengthen international AIDS prevention and treatment efforts.
"We cannot turn a deaf ear to the call of life, and we must not be slow in reaching out. We should redouble our effort to advance the global campaign against HIV/AIDS and ensure that the related MDG be met on schedule," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday at a UN panel on anti-AIDS efforts.
In a high-level meeting with world leaders from African nations including Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa, Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday announced an Africa-China partnership to strengthen international AIDS prevention and treatment efforts.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended a UN panel Wednesday to discuss ways to enhance anti-AIDS efforts as part of a global campaign to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
BEIJING - From 2006 to 2008, Li Yun, head doctor at Beijing's Xuanwu Hospital, led a team of 15 healthcare professionals to improve the health of Guinea's residents.
As China's largest Yi community, Liangshan was also one of the areas worst plagued by AIDS in China.The incurable disease left a large number of children orphaned in Liangshan, though no authoritative figures is known.
Distributing free needles to drug users may help control the number of people infected with HIV, according to Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier speaking on Wednesday at the International Forum on City and Health.
China's Health Ministry Tuesday detailed a plan to fight co-infection of HIV and tuberculosis (TB).
Visitors to Expo 2010 Shanghai on Tuesday applauded the proposed free distribution of condoms at Expo-designated hotels as the city battles against HIV/AIDS.
Residents in parts of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region may soon be required to undergo testing for HIV/AIDS prior to marriage, local media reported on Tuesday, citing a revised draft law on AIDS prevention and treatment.