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AIDS intervention on nation's homosexuals
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2005-06-20 08:48 China and the World
Health Organization (WHO) would work together to conduct AIDS intervention on
homosexual groups in Hunan Province within the year, a WHO expert said in
Changsha.
Professor Zhao Pengfei, from the WHO Representative Office in China, said
Friday that the joint program would cost US$4 million and was expected to cover
homosexual groups in eight localities in Hunan by 2007.
Trial operations will be launched in Changsha and Hengyang cities by the end
of 2005, to provide free condoms and HIV/AIDS consultation at popular
entertainment venues among local male homosexuals.
In addition, the program also aims to mobilize volunteers to conduct
"partnership education" among homosexual groups, a self-education measure proven
successful in previous HIV/AIDS intervention endeavors worldwide.
"WHO will provide technical support for all the activities," said Zhao.
The program will also cover six other cities in Hunan by monitoring local
HIV/AIDS infection among homosexuals and providing medical treatment and
psychological consultation for the infected.
HIV/AIDS monitoring and intervention were first introduced in Hunan about two
years ago, but failed to gain wide recognition from the target group, said Ou
Qiuying, an AIDS expert with Hunan Provincial Disease Control
Center.
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