HIV/AIDS in China Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment
With HIV becoming the leading cause of infectious-disease mortality in Mainland China, this book focuses on tackling HIV/AIDS in the face of rapid political and economic change in China. Featuring contributions by over a dozen leading figures in the field
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HIV/AIDS in China
Zunyou Wu • Yu Wang • Roger Detels Marc Bulterys • Jennifer M. McGoogan Editors
HIV/AIDS in China Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment
Editors Zunyou Wu National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China Roger Detels Department of Epidemiology Fielding School of Public Health University of California Los Angeles, CA USA
Yu Wang Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China Marc Bulterys U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS Program, China Office Beijing China
Jennifer M. McGoogan National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China
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Introduction
Over the last three decades, China has experienced rapid social and economic transitions. During this period, China has moved from a closed country to an open country and moved from one of least developed countries in the early 1980s to now having the second largest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world. The rapid developments in aviation domestically and internationally, highways, and railway, including speed trains, have facilitated the movement of large numbers of people internally and externally. Housing in cities has moved from primarily being publicly owned to now completely privately owned. China has shifted from a purely socialist to now a more capitalist-like country. Ch
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