China Ready to Work with All Parties to Offset HIV/AIDS Impact

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China Ready to Work with All Parties to Offset HIV/AIDS Impact

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China is contributing within its own capacity to the global prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and ready to cooperate with all parties to offset the epidemic's impact, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofang said Tuesday in Bangkok.

"We have incorporated the prevention and treatment of the epidemic into the national overall development," said Shen at a ministerial roundtable of the second phase of the 59 Commission Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

Trying to take control the spread of the disease, the Chinese government had set up inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms and formulated related laws and regulations, the assistant minister said.

One hundred demonstration zones for comprehensive prevention and treatment have been set up around China and strengthened efforts have been taken to expand publicity and education of the disease in China's rural and remote provinces.

The Chinese government has pledged a donation 10 million US dollars in the coming 5 years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

After the outbreak of SARS, Shen said, China has given greater importance to the development of public health system so as to setup a sound public health emergency mechanism.

Noting HIV/AIDS both a medical and development issue, Shen called on all-round measures, such as balanced social and economic development, parallel emphasis on prevention and treatment, to be taken to tackle the problem.

He also said that effective international cooperation was central to addressing the issue.

By the end of 2002, China reported an accumulated number of 40,560 HIV infected cases, while experts estimated the number was around 1 million.

The UNESCAP session, attended by delegations from 62 member and associate member countries and territories of UNESCAP, included two ministerial roundtables on HIV/AIDS and the report of the UN's Millennium Development Goals for Asia and the Pacific.

The session would also include discussions on implications of recent economic and social development on the region and delegates are expected to recommend policy responses.

The session will conclude on Thursday with the adoption of a report containing resolutions and a summary of the three-day discussion.

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