THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1994
22
EIGHT MORE HIV INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED * * * * *
SIX MEN AND TWO WOMEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
450.
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG ΤΟ
TWO NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 105 WITH 67 DEATHS
REPORTED.
OF THE 450 HIV INFECTED, 170 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL SEX AND 166 THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL SEX, 11 WERE INJECTING DRUG USERS AND 65 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION · THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
FOR THE REMAINING 38, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS
FOR CLASSIFICATION.
INADEQUATE
1985,
A
UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN TOTAL OF 325,712 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
TRANSFUSION
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,420,904 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 30 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
TALK ABOUT AIDS OPENLY AND POSITIVELY
* * * * *
PEOPLE SHOULD TALK ABOUT AIDS OPENLY AND DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH THE 1994/95 AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS (CEPAIDS), MS CARLYE TSUI, SAID THIS WAS THE MAIN THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.
MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT AIDS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS SEX RELATED OR IS CONNECTED WITH SEXUAL PROMISCUITY. THIS HAS CREATED AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE LONG-TERM EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME ON AIDS.
TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, THE CEPAIDS HAS DECIDED THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IS TO OF MOTIVATE MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS AIDS AND ITS EFFECTS ON SOCIETY IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
/"AS THE