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The [[AIDS pandemic|HIV/AIDS pandemic]] scene in [[East Asia]] is largely dominated by '''[[People's Republic of China|China]]'''.<!--in what sense does China dominate this scene?  numbers of people infected (=prevalence)?  rate of new infections (=incidence)?  virulence of circulating strains?  media attention?  political action? --> Much of the current spread of the [[human immunodeficiency virus]] (HIV) in China has been through [[intravenous drug use (recreationa(contracted; show full)n the macro level. But if without effective preventive action, the HIV spread in the general population at large will have an impact on the macro level as have happened in some countries in sub-Saharan Arica.<ref>"The Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS" Research Team. [http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/CHN_2001_006.pdf The Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China]. UNICEF. August 2002.</ref>

===Severe acute respiratory syndrome===
The challenge of 
controlmanaging the [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) epidemic (November 2002 to June 2003) is often credited with further motivating the government to take aggressive policy action on HIV-related issues. SARS showed not only how [[infectious diseases]] could threaten economic and social stability but also the effect of China's policies on international health problems.<ref name="Xue B. HIV/AIDS policy and policy evolution in China. Int J STD AIDS 2005; 16: 459-464."/> Policymakers annou(contracted; show full)</div>

{{Asia topic|HIV/AIDS in}}

[[Category:HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:HIV/AIDS by country|China]]

[[zh:中国艾滋病病情]]