China will receive US$121.2 million from the Global Fund to
fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, according to China's
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to the agreement set to be signed on Tuesday, China
will be given US$39.4 million for the prevention and control of
malaria, which will cover 121 counties in six provinces and benefit
63.8 million rural residents, including 19 million at high
risk.
The HIV/AIDS fund, totaling US$28.9 million, will help control
the epidemic in seven provinces and regions.
Twenty provinces will share the fund of US$52.9 million to fight
TB, with the aim of reducing the mortality rates of drug-resistance
cases, infection in HIV groups and among the migrant
population.
China currently has an estimated 650,000 people living with HIV,
including 75,000 AIDS patients. The country also has about 5
million TB patients, 80 percent of whom live in the countryside,
and 740,000 new cases of malaria were reported in 2004.
China has successfully applied for eight donation programs from
the Global Fund, including five still in operation. The total
amount of the fund has reached US$390 million, according to the
national CDC.
(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2006)