在世界艾滋病日——12月1日來(lái)臨之際，中國(guó)首次召開了全國(guó)艾滋病會(huì)議。來(lái)自20多個(gè)國(guó)家的2700多位醫(yī)學(xué)界、社會(huì)學(xué)界、法律界和教育界的專家出席了這次會(huì)議。聯(lián)合國(guó)負(fù)責(zé)艾滋病防治的最高官員稱這次大會(huì)是“具有歷史意義的”。在會(huì)上，中國(guó)政府承諾，要在控制艾滋病毒傳播和教育民眾如何預(yù)防這一致命疾病等方面做更多的工作。
通過(guò)這樣一次會(huì)議，中國(guó)政府傳達(dá)了一條信息，即原來(lái)地方政府曾經(jīng)竭力掩蓋的問(wèn)題正變得越來(lái)越公開化了。
With World AIDS Day------December 1 just around the corner, China held its first national AIDS conference. The meeting brought together more than 2700 experts—medical, social, legal and educational------from 20 nations. The United Nations' top AIDS official described it as "historic". At the meeting, the Chinese Government vowed to do more to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and to educate the public about how to protect themselves against the deadly disease.
The conference's very existence helped the government send the signal that it is becoming more open about a problem that local officials have tried to hide.
艾滋病受害者人數(shù)在增加
政府方面有消息說(shuō)，在2001年前6個(gè)月中，艾滋病感染者人數(shù)與去年同期相比猛增了67%。截止到9月份，中國(guó)已經(jīng)有28133人被確認(rèn)感染了艾滋病毒。其中有1208人為艾滋病患者，另外已經(jīng)有641人死于此病。但是官方估計(jì)，實(shí)際感染艾滋病毒的人數(shù)要高得多。靜脈毒品注射是艾滋病在中國(guó)傳播的主要途徑，大約2/3的患者都是由此而感染的。另外，這一疾病在非法獻(xiàn)血者中也很普遍。
聯(lián)合國(guó)艾滋病組織的一位官員說(shuō)：“中國(guó)仍有時(shí)間采取措施，以避免這一流行性疾病在未來(lái)的10年中廣泛傳播?！迸c會(huì)者呼吁加強(qiáng)對(duì)性保健領(lǐng)域工作人員的教育，安裝安全套供應(yīng)機(jī)，以及在學(xué)校中展開更加公開的討論。這些措施將會(huì)降低世界第一人口大國(guó)的艾滋病感染率。
Increase of AIDS victims
The government says the number of infections jumped 67 percent in the first six months of 2001 compared to the first half of last year. By September, 28,133 people in China were confirmed to have contracted the HIV virus, among whom 1,208 were AIDS patients and 641had died. But officials estimate that the actual number of people infected with HIV is much higher. Intravenous drug injection is the leading reason for the spread of AIDS in China, and is responsible for two thirds of HIV patients. The disease is also spreading widely among illegal blood donors.
Officials from UNAIDS said China still has time to act if it wants to avert the widespread epidemic before the end of the decade. Participants in China's first AIDS conference called for the education of those who work in sexual health areas, the installation of condom-dispensing machines and more open discussions in schools, saying such measures will reduce infection rates in the world's most populous nation.
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