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World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 each year around the world. It has become one of the most recognised international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.

Leaders' concerns

Chinese premier pledges more financial aid to AIDS patients, urging less discrimination

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday pledged new measures to help people living with HIV/AIDS obtain affordable drug treatment, enjoy fair job and education chances and avoid being discriminated.

Chinese Vice Premier visits HIV/AIDS medical personnel, NGOs, PLWHIV

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang visited HIV/AIDS medical personnel, volunteers of non-government organizations (NGOs), and people living with HIV ahead of the World AIDS Day which falls on Dec. 1.

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World has tools to prevent HIV/AIDS: medical expert

Medical treatments and understanding have progressed rapidly since the first AIDS cases were diagnosed 30 years ago, and according to prominent expert Dr. Renslow Sherer the world now has a variety of methods to stop the spread of HIV, if they can just be applied effectively.

Globe "finally in position to end" AIDS: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, in a message to mark World AIDS Day, on Thursday said the world is "finally in a position to end the epidemic."

Better to bring HIV testing services to community, activist says

It is better to bring HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) testing services to the community instead of asking members of the public to go to the clinics to take tests, an activist said on Thursday.

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Exclusive interview: Australian Health Minister on AIDS

Interview: James Chau interviews Elton John on AIDS work

Theme 2011
How Is HIV Infection Spread？

From An Infected Mother To Her Child

Direct Contact With Infected Blood

Sexual Intercourse

How To Prevent AIDS Spread

Minimizing HIV exposure from medical procedures

Drug use and limiting HIV exposure

Safer sex practices

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The advocate: "Common people" deserving rights

The advocate: "Common people" deserving rights

Zhang Beichuan is passionate about his work to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS, even though many people think he´s mentally disturbed because he meets with gay men and prostitutes every day.

HIV/AIDS discrimination in workplace

China now has the Regulation on the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, and the Employment Promotion Law to guarantee working rights for employees diagnosed with HIV. But as CCTV reporter Gong Binshan finds out, securing those rights remains a challenge.

Feature: Orphaned boy Shunned and avoided

This is a tragic story about a remote village that has isolated and ostracized an orphaned boy, even though his neighbors know there is nothing to fear from him.

Indonesians attend rally aiming at eliminating discrimination

People attend a rally aiming at eliminating discrimination of people with AIDS and stoping AIDS spread among young people in Jakarta.

Zero new HIV infections     （Total Votes：Loading）
1.How to reach the goal of Zero new HIV infections?
A. Fight against drugs
B. Let more rural people know how HIV spreads
C. Safe sex
2.What do you think is the number one way the HIV infection is spread in China?
A. Sexual intercourse
B. Direct contact with infected blood
C. From an infected mother to her unborn baby

Awareness:
Governments should play more active role in combating AIDS

As AIDS remains a threat to national well-being in many countries, governments should play a more active role in combating the disease, a UN official told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Condoms like cabbages, AIDS like diabetes -- just normal

Bent Paulsen from Denmark is excited about the upcoming date with his girlfriend. He´s even more excited about the place she picked for dinner -- Condoms & Cabbages.

Prevention:
Free HIV tests offered for World AIDS Day in U.S.

Many parts of the United States are planning to offer free HIV tests for people on Dec. 1 in honor of World AIDS Day, according to media report Monday.

HIV/AIDS testing, counseling to expand

China is set to substantially expand HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services in the next five years to strive for early detection and treatment for sufferers, vowed Vice-Premier Li Keqiang.

Zero Discrimination     （Total Votes：Loading）
1.Do you think it’s possible to achieve the goal of Zero Discrimination?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure
2.Do you treat the AIDS affected people the same way as you do with others in the society?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure
D. I don’t know anyone affected by AIDS

Treatment:
Progress achieved in world AIDS treatment

Global AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic in 1997, according to a UN report released Monday.

The patient: Saved from certain death, spreading the hope he recovered

He is considered to be China´s longest living AIDS patient. He was diagnosed in 1995.

Research:
Traditional Chinese medicine injects vitality into AIDS treatment

Chinese medicine practitioners are trying to use the country´s 2,000-year-old traditional medicine to treat AIDS in the hope of finding a way to help conquer the incurable epidemic that just entered its fourth decade.

AIDS infection rate among drug users declines due to methadone

Since the Chinese government legalized the medical usage of methadone in 2004, the HIV/AIDS infection rate among drug users undergoing MMT has seen a sharp decline.

Zero AIDS Related Deaths      （Total Votes：Loading）
1.What do you think the obstacle of achieving the goal of Zero AIDS Related Deaths might be?
A. Fail to offer cheap medicine for people affected by HIV
B. Bad living conditions
C. People affected by HIV hide the truth
2.Do you think HIV 'cure' will reach the people who need it most?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Hard to say
Global AIDS Situation

A new report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) showed "unprecedented progress" in the global fight against the killing HIV/AIDS in 2011,Nearly half of the world´s 14.2 million people eligible for treatment in low- and middle-income countries were accessing antiretroviral therapy in 2010, an increase of 1.35 million since the year before.

China

China´s HIV/AIDS-infected population estimated at 780,000

Mother-to-child HIV/AIDS infection plunges in China: ministry

Hong Kong reports 113 HIV cases in Q3

China´s HIV/AIDS policies need to be fully implemented at all levels: researcher

Chinese people living with HIV call for equal job opportunities

World

Georgia marks World AIDS Day with walk, concert

An awareness walk and a special concert were held on Wednesday in downtown Tbilisi to mark the World AIDS Day.

Kenyan patients seek help ahead of World AIDS Day

Every year, the country celebrates the HIV/AIDS day to raise awareness and show support to people living with the virus.

Denmark strives to curb HIV/AIDS, social stigma

Denmark still struggles to dispell the social stigma against HIV patients, which in turn hurts the effort to stop the epidemic.

Thailand´s AIDS combat hindered by inadequate prevention fund

For years, Thailand has been praised as a rare success story in the war against AIDs. .

Brazil´s new AIDS cases down 4.7% in 2010

Brazil´s new cases of AIDS totaled 34,200 in 2010, down 4.7 percent from 2009, Health Ministry said Monday.

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