Chinanews, Zhengzhou, Mar. 15 – By the end of 2006, the Henan Provincial Health Bureau had received reports of 35,232 cases of HIV virus carriers, with 21,828 people being active patients.

 

Over the past few years, Henan local government monitored some 1.5 million HIV/AIDS carriers in the province every year. These people include high-risk group, focal group, and ordinary group. In Henan, the investigation rate for HIV/AIDS disease has reached 94.1%, far above the national average level.

 

Previous records showed that most HIV virus carriers in Henan were infected with the disease through blood donation. In the mid 1990s, some work units and companies that made blood products acted against national laws by setting up some blood collecting stations in poor rural areas in Henan. Many blood donors got infected through their improper collecting methods, most of them living in rural areas.