Our country has already built up 558 of methadone medicine and kept treating the clinic at present

Our country has already built up 558 of methadone medicine and kept treating the clinic at present
Our country has already built up 558 of methadone medicine and kept treating the clinic at present
Beijing, December 22 (Xinhuanet) ' Reporter Cui Jing) China disease accuse of the intersection of centre and the intersection of venereal disease and AIDS prevent control centre director Wu Zun friend prevent and cure AIDS, say at the scientific forum in first China 22, so far, our country has already built up 558 of methadone medicine and kept treating the clinic, finish, addicted to drug the patient's treatment to 170,000 already. It is estimated, our country nearly has 700,000 HIV-positives at present, it is an important means to spread in AIDS to inject and use the drugs through sharing the needle. The methadone is narcotics of a kind of artificial synthesis, because its poisonous side effect is relatively small, smaller than morphine too as the addiction, can relieve and give up symptom effectively, it is to recommend one of the most effective medicines of therapeutic heroin reliance in the world at present. The intersection of Wu Zun and friend say, since our country started the methadone to keep treating pilot work formally in February of 2003, the methadone of community keeps treating and moving forward in our country steadily, the methadone medicine keeps treating the clinic and already rises to 558 the present ones from 5 in 2004. Keep treating through the methadone, will be only 2008, our country will reduce and send AIDS and infect 3377 people newly promptly, reduce heroin and consume 16425 kilograms, can reduce the drug money trade 60. 7,700 million yuan. "Methadone medicine keep, treat, work, become on behalf of the intersection of Chinese Government and narcotics control and control the intersection of AIDS and determined one flag already, have earned the extensive praise of the international community for China. " The intersection of Wu Zun and friend say. The same day, participate in the intersection of AIDS preventing and controlling and expert of forum commemorate China disease accuse of the intersection of in the center and the intersection of venereal disease and AIDS prevent from the control centre establish for 10 years together also. Chen Zhu, minister of Ministry of Public Health, points out in addressing in writing, AIDS has already been found for 23 years in our country, as the professional mechanism of the national AIDS preventing and controlling, China's disease accuses of the centre venereal disease and AIDS and prevents the control centre from monitoring, treating in AIDS epidemiology with respects such as care, laboratory detection and quality control,etc., having launched a large amount of scientific research and work of technical guidance, preventing and cotrolling the development of the cause with disease for AIDS preventing and controlling of our country makes important contribution. China disease accuse of the intersection of in the center and the intersection of venereal disease and AIDS prevent from the control centre establish to July 1, 1998, its predecessor prevents and the control centre for AIDS of Ministry of Public Health.


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