From China Daily:
While presenting a work plan for the year at a national seminar in January, an official from the Provincial HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee of Gansu said they planned to find partners at the community level to promote education to prevent HIV/AIDS.
“Why don’t you plan to work with grass-roots NGOs non-governmental organizations?” demanded an expert from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in appraising the work plan.”
You know ours is still a province of low-occurrence with only 300 reported cases of HIV/AIDS in a population of 26.2 million,” replied the Gansu official. “The grass-roots NGOs there, if any, are not as visible as those in the coastal areas in the east or in areas hit harder by the epidemic. We are still looking for them.” [Full Text]
