Global Fund supports 10 AIDS prevention and control demonstration zones in Hubei

reporters from November 13-14 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the annual meeting of the Global Fund AIDS Project was informed that the third round of China Global Fund AIDS project supported the province's 10 countries integrated AIDS prevention and control demonstration zones and two provincial AIDS integrated prevention and control demonstration zones, covering more than 70% of the province's HIV-infected people, to promote the province's AIDS prevention and control workSince its launch in September 2004, the Hubei Global Fund AIDS Project has been in operation for three yearsOver the past three years, 14 project counties and cities in Hubei Province have completed 1065 activities in the form of agreements, of which 561 are involved in government departments and 504 are non-governmental sectorsThe number of government departments participating in the Global Fund's AIDS project has increased year by yearThere were 89 in 2005, 189 in 2006 and 186 in 2007The number of non-governmental departments participating in multi-sectoral cooperation projects in 14 project counties (municipalities) in the province reached 459 in three years, of which 75 in 2005, 184 in 2006 and 200 in 2007The Global Fund AIDS Project has promoted the comprehensive and in-depth development of AIDS prevention and control in HubeiAccording to reports, the Global Fund in 2007 to fund the annual project activities in Hubei Province total funding of RMB173.33 million, the allocation of special equipment a total of 183 units (pieces), consumables totaled more than 10 batches (times), about 6.1 million yuan, a cumulative total of 13 patients receiving antiviral treatment AIDS patients 85 people, the proportion of AIDS patients or infected persons receiving opportunistic infection treatment and prevention was 97.88%, the number of HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients with care and support and their families was 1837, 37,690 were voluntarily consulted and tested, and 289,345 secondary school students received life skills educationAs of June 2007, Hubei Province had completed nine of the project's 10 core indicatorsSun Changsong, inspector of Hubei Provincial Health Department, said that in recent years, the prevention and treatment of AIDS in Hubei Province has made breakthrough progressGlobal Fund third round of AIDS project, is the province and international organizations in cooperation with the largest AIDS prevention and control projects, project management is to ensure that financial security is the core, quality of work is the key, output indicators are fundamentalAll localities should attach great importance to the project work in the next two years and provide a good support environment for the project(Ai Qiping Hu Xiaoyun)