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Source: | Author:hkb980dd | Published time: 2014-06-12 | 321 Views | Share:
 
Source: cntv.cn
 
Students in central China’s Henan province will have to undergo HIV/AIDS tests when entering college. Local education authorities said on Sunday that all universities and post-secondary technical schools in the province will be required to conduct HIV/AIDS testing on students during their entrance medical examinations. More…
 
 
04/06/2014
Source: chinatopix.com
 
A provincial regulation in Henan that requires incoming college students to undergo, on a voluntary basis, an HIV test has sparked online debate and raised concerns on privacy and possible discrimination, China Daily reported.
 
The Henan province regulation, which aims to prevent HIV on campus, requires HIV testing to be included in the health check requirements for students entering college as freshmen. 
 
The regulation, issued by the health and education department of Henan province, however, was clear that the test will only be conducted on students who are willing to be tested. More…
 
 
04/06/2014
Source: chinadaily.com
 
Response mixed to regulation for incoming college students in Henan
 
A Henan province regulation requiring new college students to be tested, on a voluntary basis, for HIV is raising concerns over discrimination and privacy.
 
The regulation on HIV prevention on campus, issued on Thursday by Henan's education and health departments, requires that testing be included in the health checks for students of junior colleges and polytechnic schools before their freshman year.
 
Wang Zhe, deputy director at the Henan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Tuesday that the tests are voluntary and meant to promote awareness of HIV and AIDS prevention among college students.
 
"If students are willing to be tested, we will provide it to them for free," he told Xinhua News Agency.
 
One of the most populous provinces, Henan has 40,000 HIV/AIDS patients and more than 4,000 new patients each year, according to the provincial health department.
 
Sexual transmission has replaced blood transmission as the top means by which HIV is spread, accounting for more than 90 percent of new cases. More…
 
 
 
05/06/2014
Source: China Daily                                                       
 
More targeted approaches are needed to fight the increasing threat of HIV/AIDS among Chinese students aged 15 to 24, a senior health official said.
 
"To contain the spread of HIV among youths, more forceful and targeted approaches are urgently needed, such as large-scale screening projects — like the one being carried out in Henan province — as well as high-profile peer education,“ Wu Zunyou, director of the National Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention, told China Daily.
 
"Securing sufferers' privacy and rights also remains key,“ he said.
 
Last year, more than 1,600 students aged 15 to 24 were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, accounting for 1.8 percent of the cases detected that year, the latest figures from a nationwide health surveillance network showed.
 
The number stood at 482 in 2008, which was 0.9 percent of the yearly total.