China 's National Strategy Of Hiv / Aids Prevention Programs

HIV and AIDS have had a great impacted throughout varies countries. As an illness with no none cure, it is essential to promote prevention among those at risk. Thailand’s “No Condom, NO sex: The 100% Condom program” was successful at greatly reducing the cases of new HIV infection cases (Levine, 2007, p.10). Thailand’s program has the advantage to serve as a building block to many other countries experiencing high levels of HIV/AIDS infection, but is limited due to

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS is a pandemic problem affecting global health. At the end of 2015, 36.7 million people were living with HIV/AIDS globally. The rate of incidence is more prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa with almost 1 in every 24 adults living with HIV/AIDS. In the united states, HIV/AIDS is a diversified health problem affecting all sexes, ages and races and involving the transmission of multiple risk behavior. However, with the introduction of various prevention programs and antiretroviral drugs, the incidence of HIV/AIDS has reduced.

In traditional Chinese perspective, giving births to offspring for a man’s family was the main function of a woman’s sexuality. Also, woman’s sexuality was safer under the protection of staying with the family. Woman was vulnerable and did not have ability to resist if there’s any man tried to abuse her. In such manner, women were asked to stay inside of the household neither stepping out of the household nor met the guests in the living room, because women were considered as their husbands’ personal property. In addition, there were many single men who could not find a wife called bare sticks, and they were regarded as extremely dangerous people for women, because they would sexually abuse women if there were any chance.

Previously, China adopted the position that there was little to no HIV/AIDS in the country, but now officials are admitting that they do in fact have a large population of citizens with HIV/AIDS. It is said to be the leading cause of death compared to any other infectious diseases in China in 2008,

Sexual health dialog has long been a defining aspect surrounding the sex lives of men who have sex with men (MSM); especially, since the commencement of the AIDS epidemic. These conversations have focused on reiterating the significance of sensible and rational sexual behavior. However, despite this recurring dialog the incidence rates of HIV transmission among MSM persists at an alarming rate.

Figure 1: Estimated New HIV Diagnoses in the United States for the Most-Affected Subpopulations, 2014

Within the United States health disparities exist regarding HIV infection, with ethnic minorities and men who have sex with men (MSM) disproportionally affected by the virus, relative to the entire population of the States. While no cure (nor a vaccine) exist for the virus, HIV prevention measures are available that can reduce the risk of most people of contracting the virus, especially useful for those individuals described above that are disproportionally affected. "There have been exciting recent advances in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the last several years" (article citation). Prevention methods include condoms, which have been available for many years, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

October 29, 2015, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) state-run news agency Xinhua announces the government’s plan to end the iconic one-child policy initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s, allowing up to two children per family. Originally implemented to preserve economic growth from an excessively fast-growing population, this new move marks a watershed in China’s situation, confronted to a low female-to-male ratio and an aging population. Yet, despite massive dissuasion campaigns, fines, and forced abortions, flaws in the enforcement of this policy have given way to many means of bypassing the law. Some hospitals in Southern China propose fertility drugs designed for multiple birth, that is having twins, triplets or quadruplets

Chinese culture is known to value male children more than female children therefore by limiting the number to one child, it increased the disadvantages that the females had. “When a son is born ,let him sleep on the bed … ,may he grow to wear crimson,” but “when a daughter is born, let her sleep on the ground…and give her broken tiles for play things.”( ) This is a poem that ---uses to describe the how males and females are treated differently in China. Sex trafficking and prostitution have also been at an all-time high due to this policy. In the article Gendercide and the cultural contexts of sex trafficking in china the authors asserts that “women in China are brought, sold and murdered in order to comply with a governmental policy that coincides with a culture of male preference.”( ) .Gangs in China have established a market for women to facilitate the high demand for women. In extreme cases men have resulted into purchasing a bride and some couples have been desperate enough to purchase baby boys for sons. The disproportionate ratio between males and females in China has increased the rape incidents in china. Due to the one child policy, china has extremely high numbers of male population comes as a result of selective abortion and abandonment of girls. In addition to that, china has a very

In traditional Chinese culture, sex is taboo. Parents don’t teach their children anything about sex. It is expected that people suddenly know everything about sex after marriage. This traditional belief is costing millions of young people’s health. The year-on-year HIV infection growth rate among young people is around 35% (Fang). The fact that some LGBTQ groups have a higher risk of contracting STDs than heterosexual people makes it more necessary to give LGBTQ teenagers the information they need. We educate LGBTQ teenagers about safer sex by giving lectures at our organization. For all those who come to our organization, condoms are free. We can take teenagers to hospitals for check-ups and medicine if they have high-risk sexual

Whenever we hear and/or talk about HIV/AIDS, the number one prevalence of the disease is practicing safe sex. Many homosexual males, in the U.S., contract this disease because of possible promiscuity, sexual intercourse without condoms, and the anatomical sense of how the virus is transmitted. Statistics have been lower due to educating the importance of being tested and safe sex. However, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS is at large in various parts of Africa and Asia. Certain cultural practices that may contribute to this epidemic is the practice of polygamy. Many men will have multiple wives and sexual partners throughout their life. Some of these partners include prostitutes.

Gay, bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) have been stigmatized due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since its discovery in 1980, biomedical research has been advanced significantly in the fight against the sexually transmitted disease; however, a cure is still yet to be found. Despite that, researchers suggest incorporating behavioral strategies to treat HIV-infected individuals to avoid any continuing transmission of the virus. This paper presents the study of thirty three MSM who participated in a review to test the efficiency of behavioral interventions on individual, group, and community levels expected to reduce high risk behaviors such as unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), substance abuse, and so forth and to

While there is increasing evidence that HIV incidence is in decline among general populations worldwide Eastern Europe and Central Asia are notable exceptions For example HIV infections have increased 13% in the region since 2006 [2] .

Amongst the population, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men of all races and ethnicities remain to be the most effected by HIV (CDC, 2016). According to more data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of February 2013, “gay men are sixty times more likely than heterosexual men, and 54 times more likely than all women, to be diagnosed with HIV. Gay men account for 48 percent of the more than one million people living with HIV in the U.S., an estimated 532,000 men” (Andriote 2012). In comparison to heterosexual men, gay and bisexual men are 79 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime (CDC, 2016). They continue to say that if current HIV diagnosis rates continue, 1 in 6 men who have sex with men (MSM) will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. Heterosexual men face a

HIV is a virus that is spread almost all over the world. Although in some places health care isn’t as developed and therefore it spreads more in those regions. Sub-Saharan Africa holds more than 70%, 25 million, of all HIV positive people in the world. Second highest is Eastern Europe together with Central Asia with 1.3 million. It is spread over most of the world, including Asia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, Central and South America, North Africa and the Middle East and Western and Central Europe (“The Regional Picture”).