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Beijing to install more condom machines
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2004-10-11 10:36 Beijing would install about 1,000 condom vending
machines in hotels, bars, universities and on construction sites this month to
fight the spread of AIDS.
A worker displays
condom vending machines to be installed in Beijing's universities, hotels,
bars and other recreational sites. [people.com.cn
file] | The machines would dispense condoms for
one yuan (US$0.12) each and the quality would be guaranteed, a Beijing Disease
Control and Prevention Center official was quoted as saying.
The new machines will supplement 1,700 machines already in the capital, many
of which are often out of service or empty. Existing machines would be repaired
this month, Guan Baoying, a city health bureau official, said.
China has 840,000 HIV/AIDS cases. The United Nations has warned the number of
AIDS victims in China could quickly rise to 10 million if serious steps to fight
the epidemic are not taken.
The Chinese Government has kicked off an ambitious anti-AIDS campaign calling
for condom use to spread to at least 50 percent of the country’s high-risk
populations by the end of next year.
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