Abstract:
The main objective of this thesis is to first understand HIV/AIDS, its means of
transmission, and the origin of its epidemic in the People's Republic of China (PRC)
from 1985 to 2004.
Then a study of the various facilitators, namely medical, socio-economic, culturalbehavioral,
politico-financial, governmental, and legal that permitted the epidemic to
spread across China will be instigated.
Finally, a step-by-step analysis of the PRC's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in specific
sectors of activity (Prevention, financing, surveillance, medical research and foreign
assistance utilization) over a time span of 19 years will be carried out.
