BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's health news from the past week:

-- China rolls out plan for HIV control

China has rolled out a plan for the control of HIV transmission in a bid to keep HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country at a low level.

The three-year plan, made by the National Health Commission and nine other government departments, set a number of goals such as raising the awareness of HIV prevention and control, and educating people on avoiding or reducing unsafe sexual behaviors.

The goals also include detecting and treating as many HIV infection cases as possible, curbing the rise of HIV transmission through sexual behaviors and eliminating mother-to-child transmission.

-- China's hospitals see dropping average stay, higher efficiency

China's average hospital stay in 2018 was 9.3 days, down by 42.6 percent compared to that in 1992, according to the National Health Commission.

The average hospital stay has been dropping for five years in a row in tertiary hospitals, the top tier of China's hospital grades which has the largest number of beds and provides comprehensive medical services.

-- China to register treatment of rare diseases

The National Health Commission has launched an information system to register the treatment of rare diseases in a bid to promote their diagnosis and treatment.

More than 300 hospitals in a collaborative network on rare diseases are required to register the information of all patients with rare diseases from Nov. 1 and finish registering those treated since 2015 by the end of this year. Enditem

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