China’s HIV Cases Reach 1 Million With Prevalence Among Youth: Study

A migrant worker wears a red ribbon during an event organized by the local government to promote HIV/AIDS knowledge among migrant workers in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on Dec. 1, 2005. China Photos/Getty Images

HIV and AIDS remain a major public health problem and cause of death in China, with more than a million people reportedly having HIV at the end of 2020, according to a recent report.

In the past decade, China’s HIV infection rates have increased significantly for men of all age groups, with a growing prevalence among Chinese youth.