In Xinjiang in January this year, children affected by AIDS will receive a monthly subsidy 600 yuan
Xinjiang promulgated new regulations, since January 2010, the AIDS orphaned children living with HIV or AIDS each child will receive a monthly 600 yuan subsidy to improve the face of children affected by AIDS, poverty, lack of education, lack of medical care and social discrimination.
From the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Civil Affairs, Health Department, Human Resources and Social Security Department issued jointly developed the “Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of children affected by AIDS Relief placement Interim Measures,” which stipulated, for children orphaned by AIDS, with HIV or children affected by AIDS , as well as one of the parents infected with AIDS or AIDS-related deaths of children due to be paid the minimum parenting standards of 600 yuan per person per month for the basic living security payments.
At the same time, AIDS-affected children were included in the basic medical insurance for urban residents or new cooperative medical insured range of agricultural and pastoral areas in line with the local minimum living conditions, at all levels of urban and rural medical assistance from the Ministry of Civil Affairs goalkeeper pay for their own funds should be borne by all the parameters insurance funds; pairs of urban residents suffering from serious illness by the basic medical insurance or pay for a new cooperative medical care in rural and pastoral areas, its still too heavy a burden on families, living in especially difficult, from urban and rural medical aid funds given to a one-time fixed medical assistance; and encourage support for health care organizations to adopt various forms of voluntary relief for AIDS-affected children’s medical expenses.
AIDS-affected children in the object divided into three types, namely, the death of both parents suffering from AIDS, minors under 18 years of age, that children orphaned by AIDS; with HIV or HIV-infected children; a parent infected with AIDS or AIDS - death of children.
As of the end of September 2009, Xinjiang’s total of 27,012 cases of reported HIV infection, including AIDS cases in 3910 cases, 2555 cases of death, accounting for 9% of the total number of the report, the cumulative reported number of people out the country the fourth.
