Ministry of Health: Promulgated a Document to Approve 1,000 Private AIDS Agency Registrations

On the 28th, at the Ministry of Health's AIDS prevention and control media briefing, Sun Xinhua, deputy inspector of the Disease Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, said that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will jointly issue documents at the end of this year or early next year to provide social organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Registration is convenient.

Sun Xinhua said that there are currently more than 1,000 non-governmental organizations involved in the prevention and control of AIDS in various places, in addition to related associations and associations. “The biggest problem that these more than 1,000 non-government organizations are now facing is the issue of civil affairs registration. We have already negotiated with the Ministry of Civil Affairs this year. We must support the social organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention work and grant registration to civil affairs. The relevant documents are being processed by the Ministry of Health. In the consultation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is believed that the document will be issued at the end of this year or early next year."

Sun Xinhua said that the government’s strategy to support civil society organizations in the prevention and control of AIDS is as usual. In recent years, state funds have given such non-governmental organizations more than 50 million RMB to support their work. At the same time, the health department coordinated their application for participation in related international cooperation projects such as the Gates Foundation AIDS Project and the Global Fund’s AIDS program. Earlier Sino-British projects, Sino-Australian projects, etc.

He said that the Ministry of Health will continue to provide assistance to non-governmental organisations involved in the prevention and control of AIDS from the three aspects of policies, funding and technology, and further expand their participation in this work.

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Investigating AIDS Cases

In response to media reports recently that Tianjin had AIDS-infected patients with successful operation and some hospitals refused AIDS patients, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Health's Department of Health said on the morning of the 28th that the relevant health authorities had requested detailed investigations to verify the situation. Will be dealt with seriously.

Previously, the newspaper reported that due to the detection of HIV infection before the operation, Xiaofeng (a pseudonym), a 25-year-old lung cancer patient in Tianjin, had undergone surgery after concealing AIDS in a hospital in Tianjin.

After this incident was reported, it caused a heated discussion in the society about the medical care of HIV carriers.

In this regard, the deputy director of the Medical Department of the Ministry of Health, Fu Wenhao, said yesterday that the Ministry of Health has asked local designated hospitals to provide medical services for AIDS patients and virus-infected persons, and announced the list of AIDS designated hospitals to the public.

All medical institutions must not push or refuse to treat AIDS patients and virus-infected persons for any reason. Hospitals that do not have the conditions for diagnosis and treatment should promptly refer patients.

Doctor's occupational exposure compensation will increase

It is understood that the occupational exposure risk is also the reason why doctors do not want to receive HIV infection. The Ministry of Health stated that it will improve the compensation mechanism for medical staff and strengthen the occupational exposure compensation for front-line medical personnel.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Health on the 28th, there were 1,043 medical workers exposed to occupation last year, and the relevant departments ensured that they had taken the drugs within 24 hours. Until now, no infection has occurred.

However, the prevention and control of occupational exposures still need to be strengthened. The person said that China will establish an exposure system and improve relevant management methods. It has been drafted and is soliciting opinions. The person said that it is recommended to include AIDS occupational exposure as an occupational disease and reduce the worries of medical personnel.

In addition, does going to a designated hospital mean a discrimination against the patient? According to relevant officials of the Ministry of Health, fixed-point treatment is determined by the current conditions. The treatment level, protection conditions, and management status of hospitals cannot be accepted and treated by every hospital. In the future, with the maturity of various conditions, including the public's correct treatment of AIDS, and then adjust the treatment strategy according to the actual situation.