Guangdong's campaign for world aids day
On 1 december of this year, china's new internet, guangzhou, cai min xin, was the 33rd world aids day. During the world aids day campaign in guangdong, journalists were informed that 7741 new cases of hiv infections and aids patients were reported in the province between january and october, a decrease of 12. 8 per cent over the same period last year。
Currently, the hiv epidemic in guangdong is characterized by four characteristics, including a low overall prevalence rate, but some parts of the population are more affected by the epidemic; it is transmitted mainly by heterosexual transmission, with a high rate of same-sex transmission; and the proportion of cases in the high age group over 60 years of age is increasing。
By the end of october this year, guangdong had cumulatively reported 71,235 cases of living hiv infections and aids patients living in the province。
In 2019, the guangdong province programme for the further strengthening of the aids prevention and control programme (2019-2022) was published, starting with the fight against aids in several directions, including expanding the coverage of the programme and increasing the involvement of social organizations。
By the end of october this year, there were 120 aids surveillance posts and 2379 aids testing laboratories in guangdong, with an anti-viral treatment coverage of 81. 3 per cent. The aids follow-up rate is 86. 7 per cent, and interventions for high-risk groups are increasing。
Mother-to-child transmission (mtct) is an important route to hiv infection in infants. In guangdong, comprehensive interventions are provided for pregnant women and their babies to prevent mother-to-child transmission through pregnancy and childbirth screening. Given the characteristics of the hiv epidemic in guangdong, the rate of maternal hiv infection in the province has stabilized at low prevalence levels。
It is known that since 2015, guangdong has achieved provincial coverage of the pmtct project. In the last five years, more than 99 per cent of hospital mothers in guangdong province have received free aids screening. In 2017, the national health commission and unicef launched a pilot project in guangdong to eliminate mother-to-child transmission. Since the implementation of the project, the rate of mother-to-child transmission of hiv in guangdong has declined from 6. 84 per cent in 2013 to 1. 67 per cent in 2019。
In the context of the rapid development of the new media platform, guangdong has been continuously improving the form of hiv education through the new media, and has launched the twitter public site "south africa love station" to provide sexual health prevention friendly services to the general public. The platform moves pre-aids education to sexual health education, enriching hiv prevention education. People not only have access to an online consultation and testing service, but also to hand-to-hand learning points for gifts. On 1 december, the station was inaugurated by the centre for disease prevention and control of guangdong province and the association for sexually transmitted diseases prevention and control of guangdong province, with three major sections of the “expert service” “personal centre” at the “coptic park”. (concluded)
