Vue sur la zone du capteur pour les cartes d'identité sur un distributeur automatique qui vend des kits de tests VIH pour le collège étudiant au campus de l'Université de Pékin à Beijing,
View of the sensor area for ID cards on a vending machine that sells HIV test kits for college student at the campus of Peking University in Beijing, China, 15 November 2017. Peking University, Tsinghua University and other 10 colleges in Beijing started to sell the test kits through vending machines, joining the Harbin University of Science and Technology in Heilongjiang province. The move is part of an HIV prevention initiative by the Chinese Association of STD and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control (CASAPC), which installed nine of the specialised vending machines in five universities across China last year. Students can purchase the test kits for 30 yuan (US$4.35), almost 10 times less than the average market price, and drop urine samples into a deposit drawer in the specialised machine. CASAPC staff members retrieve the samples and conduct the tests. Students can view the results on the centre's website by entering a unique code, according to Zhao Donghui, an HIV specialist with the association. "The whole process is anonymous, " he was quoted as saying. While China has a relatively low prevalence of HIV ¨C human immunodeficiency virus ¨C official data shows around 654, 000 people in the country live with HIV or AIDS. Young people are particularly susceptible, with recent figures highlighting a rise in HIV cases on university campuses. Around 2, 320 students between the ages of 15 and 24 tested positive last year, four times the number in 2010.
