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I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: HIV
In China, HIV & HCV Transmission through Blood Continues
Dr. Wang Shuping writes on World Aids Day. I’m please to translate, and publish, her piece here. — Yaxue I am Wang Shuping, and, as a doctor and epidemics researcher, I was the one who first discovered Hepatitis C virus and HIV … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Uncategorized
Tagged AIDS, blood contamination, epidemic, HCV, HIV
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Dr. Wang Shuping: How I Discovered the HIV Epidemic and What Happened to Me Afterwards
It isn’t new. It’s the story of how tens of thousands ofimpoverishedvillagers and hospital patients were infected with HIV through contaminated blood in mid 1990s in Henan province, China. Entire villages and families were wiped out and many lives wrecked. … Continue reading
AIDS in the countryside – How China struggles to control the epidemic
The other day I was discussing infectious diseases with a group of doctors. The question was relatively simple, “How do diseases spread?” They quickly offered: through coughing, sharing chopsticks, touching, mother to infant, and even mosquitoes. I continued, “those are … Continue reading
Posted in Life in China, Rural Life
Tagged AIDS, China, Drug injection, Health, HIV, Sexual intercourse, Sexually transmitted disease, Wen Jiabao
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