HIV rates rise in Chinese women
China is planning to increase its focus on women in the fight against HIV/Aids, due to a sharp rise in the rate of female infection, state media has said.
In the 1990s the male to female ratio of HIV/Aids infection was 5:1, but the figure is now closer to 2:1.
In some areas, there are now a similar number of women as men infected, the China Daily said.
The new focus on women is part of a government initiative marking World Population Day.
"The number of women infected with HIV/Aids is climbing," Wei Jian'an, an official with China's Aids Prevention and Treatment office, told the China Daily.
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