Governance of AIDS and Actions Taken

Hou, Rongting

AIDS, known as the most serious public health problem in the twentieth century, is also named the “Black Death of the twentieth century”, because of its infectious and high fatality rate. The epidemic has been extended to the twenty-first century, and there is no trend of slowing down. AIDS, short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is caused by retrovirus infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It infects human immune system cells, destroying or damaging its function. There are no symptoms in the early stages of infection. But, as infections develop, the immune system begins to weaken, and infected people are more likely to suffer from so-called opportunistic infections.