AHF China Cares opened its Third ART Clinic in Nanyang City in collaboration
with Wolong CDC

AHF China Cares opened its third ARV clinic in China in collaboration with the
Wolong District Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanyang city, Henan
province, China.

The Opening Ceremony was graced by Dr. Wang Peng, the Director of Project
Management Office, Chinese Preventive Medicine association (CPMA). Mrs., Li Lin,
Vice Director of Wolong district government. Mrs. Guo Ju ping, Vice Director of
Wolong Health Bureau. Mr. Mei Zhen Hua, Director of Wolong CDC. Mr. Yu Wei min,
vice director of Wolong CDC. Mr. Yang Xinyu, Country Coordinator of AHF. Dr.
Parveen Kaur, Medical Specialist from AHF Los Angeles, attended the opening
ceremony. The Clinic opening was attended also by 60 doctors from township level
health clinics and city level hospitals attended the opening ceremony who also
participated in the First HIV Training conducted in Nanyang by AHF China Cares
and the Wolong CDC from June 24th to 26th.

Dr. Wang Peng, from CPMA said that "CPMA is honored to collaborate with AHF
China Cares and facilitated the establishment of AHF and Wolong CDC ART Clinic.
He further said that "AHF models have been successful in China. I am sure that
this project with be a huge success and demonstrate high quality deliver of
HIVAIDS Treatment and Care and be a treatment model to improve the quality of
life for PLHAs".

Mrs. Li Lin, the Vice Director of Wolong district said "AIDS is not only a
health problem but a social problem as well. We need government leadership,
established health system and international assistance to improve our work. I
believe that through collaborative effort, we can achieve more success and do
our best for patients".

Dr. Mei Zhen Hua, Director of Wolong CDC said – " Although we made big
progression on AIDS treatment, but there is still huge gap from the need, we do
need cooperation and assistance by other parties, I look forward with hope that
through the cooperation with AHF, we can provide better service and care to
patients".

"We extremely value our relationship with Wolong CDC and we are grateful for the
opportunity to join hands to strengthen the provision of HIVAIDS Treatment and
Care program in Nanjang. We thank CPMA for their support and facilitate smooth
start up of our programs." – Dr Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief,
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Global.

AHF China Cares – Program Coordinator, Mr. Yang Xinyu, said "It is truly an
honor for us to collaborate with CPMA and Wolong CDC. AHF China Cares will fully
cooperate with local stakeholders, government, NGOs to build up capacity,
provide high quality support and care to PLHAs, We hope we will make a
difference in the AIDS treatment and management working closely with Wolong
CDC".

The goal of the AHF China Cares -Wolong CDC project is to build up a high
quality, accessible and affordable treatment model to improve the quality of
lives to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Background: Henan province is located in the part of China. It is the largest
province in China regarding population size which has 120 million people. It has
the highest HIV prevalence in China with more than 50,000 reported number of HIV
infection. Most people became HIV positive through blood donation and unsafe
blood transfusion in 1990s. Among those HIV positives, most of them have
progressed to AIDS and it has been the peak time of AIDS morbidity and mortality
in Henan province.

Nanyang is one of the prefecture level cities in Henan province with 13
districts, 12 million people. Wolong is one of the districts in Nanyang city.
Wolong has 700 reported number of HIV infection and 350 are on ARV treatment.
Wolong Center of Prevention and Control (CDC) take the responsibility of AIDS
treatment and patient management. Wolong CDC allocated those patients into 12
township level health clinics to receive outpatient treatment and following up
service according to their residences. Wolong CDC has the leadership to those
township level clinics.
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AHF China Cares operates from in 2005; the program carries forward the vision
and mission of AIDS Healthcare Foundation and implements life saving
Anti-retroviral treatment, care and support, prevention and public healthcare
programs in four provinces of China. In China AHF operates three clinics working
with Linfen ID Hospital in Shanxi Province, Quangxi CDC in Nanning City,
Xinjiang Medical University and now in Henan Province in Nanyang City with
Wolong CDC. In the Asia/Pacific region, AIDS Healthcare Foundation currently
provides free anti-retroviral treatment and services to people in need through
its clinics and programmes in India, Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia and
China.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the US' largest non-profit HIV/AIDS
healthcare provider. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to more
than 100,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin
America/Caribbean and the Asia Pacific Region.

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