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With one in five individuals in the world living in China, it is critical that the country continues with its efforts to prevent a generalised epidemic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as raising awareness and reducing infections in the higher prevalence groups of injecting drug users, former plasma donors and men who have sex with men.
Initially characterised by denial and inaction, the Chinese government has recently realised the danger of ignoring HIV and AIDS and has initiated a broad programme to tackle the epidemic.
There are currently an estimated 740,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 people living with HIV in China.1 During 2009 around 26,000 people died from AIDS.2 These numbers must be considered in the context of China's extremely large population which is estimated at around 1.3 billion.3 Although China’s HIV epidemic remains one of low prevalence overall (0.1% among adults),4 there are pockets of high infection among specific sub-populations and the danger of the epidemic spreading further into the general population persists.5 This became particularly evident in 2009 when China reported that AIDS had become the country’s leading cause of death among infectious diseases for the first time ever, surpassing both tuberculosis and rabies.6
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