hiv aids 400BEIJING: China's health authority announced on Wednesday that 17,740 AIDS-related deaths were reported in the country from January  to October this year, a year-on-year increase of 8.6 percent.

 

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the latest figures show that  there are 34,157 AIDS patients in China in the ten-month period.

 

As those living with HIV have become AIDS patients over time,AIDS-related deaths are on the rise, according to the MOH.

 

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012

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