Evolution of China's response to HIV/AIDS
Zunyou Wu,Sheena G. Sullivan,Sheena G. Sullivan,Yu Wang,Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus,Roger Detels +5 more
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Four factors have driven China's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic: existing government structures and networks of relationships, increasing scientific information, external influences that underscored the potential consequences of an HIV/ AIDS pandemic, accelerated strategic planning, and increasing political commitment at the highest levels.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2007-02-24 and is currently open access. It has received 428 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HIV/AIDS in China & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).read more
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MSM Stigma and HIV Transmission in Modern China: Investigating the 4th Phase of HIV Infection
TL;DR: This thesis is interdisciplinary—incorporating elements of history, Chinese studies, queer studies, anthropology, and public health to better understand the connection between gay stigma and access to HIV testing, preventative care, and anti-retroviral therapy in China.
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Performing Interventions: The Politics and Theatre of China’s AIDS Crisis in the Early Twenty-First Century
TL;DR: The Dying Kiss (Shengsi Zhiwen) and Student Zhao Ping (Zhao Ping Tongxue) as discussed by the authors represented a sea change in the political response to the epidemic while documenting public perceptions towards people living with HIV and AIDS in China.
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Long-Term Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Children Affected by Parental HIV: A 12-Year Follow-Up Study
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Economic and epidemiological evaluation of interventions to reduce the burden of hepatitis C in Yunnan province, China.
Alastair Heffernan,Yanling Ma,Shevanthi Nayagam,Po-Lin Chan,Zhongdan Chen,Graham S Cooke,Yan Guo,Chuntao Liu,Mark Thursz,Wanyue Zhang,Xiaobing Zhang,Xiujie Zhang,Manhong Jia,Timothy B. Hallett +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the cost effectiveness of screening and treatment interventions in HCV in Yunnan, China and found that the optimal package of screening measures is focussed on higher risk groups, and there are likely to be positive returns from investing in such HCV interventions.
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Current and futuretrends: implicationsfor HIV prevention
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors viewed the prevention interventions as having three components: primary prevention, mainly directed towards persons uninfected by HIV, secondary prevention, which includes early detection of HIV infection to offer early prevention and therapeutic services to both acutely and chronically infected persons, with a goal of reducing their risk behaviors to decrease STI rates and HIV transmission to others and to treat them as indicated.
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