China AIDS patients still victimised

Nov. 29 - China's rate of AIDS infections is going down, but discrimination is still preventing effective treatment.

The rate of HIV/AIDS infections in China is slowing down, says China's Ministry for Health. An estimated 50,000 people will contract HIV in 2007, compared to 70,000 in 2005. A recent survey, cited by the official government news agency, claimed that nearly a quarter of students in Beijing would be unwilling to attend class with someone infected with HIV/AIDS. Nearly a third of students said people carrying the virus should only be allowed on campus if they accepted certain restrictions, while over 6 percent said they should not be permitted to attend university at all.