Number of People Living With HIV/AIDS in China Keeps Rising

What’s new: The share of people living with HIV/AIDS in China soared more than seventyfold from 2002 to 2021, far outpacing the rise in the rates for reported cases and deaths from the disease, government media reported.

The prevalence rate of reported HIV/AIDS cases rose from 1.09 per 100,000 people in 2002 to 79.62 in 2021, according to a study published last month in CCDC Weekly, the official publication of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.