The global AIDS preventing and controlling makes obvious progress for

The global AIDS preventing and controlling makes obvious progress for the first time
Yang Jun, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
Though the trend that the global AIDS epidemic situation spreads has not been reversed yet, but the United Nations AIDS plan report that administration deliver this year think until 2007 appear " obvious important progress " for the first time global AIDS preventing and controlling ,The HIV newly-increased number of the infected and death toll all drop to some extent. AIDS is planned to think, this progress should attribute to a large amount of fund input and effective prevention and treat in administration and World Health Organization.

Plan the reports of relevant international organizations such as the administration according to AIDS from the beginning of this year, the death toll of global AIDS is 2 million in 2007, are reduced by 200,000 compared with 2001; The global HIV's average annual newly-increased number of the infected is 2,700,000, are reduced by 300,000 compared with 2001. In addition, in 2007, treat the main treatment of AIDS - --Resist the popularity against duplicating the virus treatment to improve by 42%.

Another outstanding behaviours that the global AIDS preventing and controlling makes progress is in Africa, especially in some African countries with serious epidemic situation such as Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe, because change and use sheath that locals' sexual behavior is used to, when the precautionary measures, the prominent decline appears in the newly-increased number of the infected of AIDS. In most countries of Africa, the sign that the epidemic situation of AIDS has already stabilize or weaken been. Even in South Africa one of the highest countries in the world of HIV rate, the HIV rate in the past two years gets the control of a certain degree too. South African Ministry of Public Health showed a few days ago, almost the HIV rate of every age bracket crowd presented the downward trend.

The progress mainly benefits from the growth of fund of AIDS preventing and controlling. Relevant materials reveal, the fund total value of AIDS preventing and controlling is up to 10 billion dollars in 2007, 7 times those of 2000, and in increase number of people it is with drug therapy at low income countries thereupon too, up to 3 million, 10 times those of 2000.

In fact, it is very obvious to increase the result that AIDS preventing and controlling is invested continuously, it will save more medical expenditure in the future for the government, and lengthen the patient's life greatly. Famous AIDS experts of Brazil Paul and Texeira have calculated accounts, Brazil introduced and released the medicine plan of low priced AIDS first in the world in 1996, the government invests 1,800 million dollars for this plan, the Brazilian HIV rate and number of the infected drop by a wide margin among a few years, the government has saved the medical aid of more than 2 billion dollars to replenish in fact, this has not included the social resources that a large number of patients saved because of not needing in hospital yet.

In addition, a report that Brazilian Ministry of Public Health announced a few days ago revealed, because diagnosed and offered measures such as free medical care,etc. with the government in time, from 1995 to 2007, Brazilian AIDS made a definite diagnosis of the surviving for service life to extend to 108 months from 58 months on average of the patient.

South African government takes various measures too, impel the price of the treatment medicine of South Africa's AIDS to drop by a wide margin, even treatment of the HIV-positive person has been already all free in the poverty-stricken area. South African health minister Barbara and Hogan says, South African government also plans to invest 6,200 million dollars to guarantee the national AIDS preventing and controlling strategic plan is pursued in the whole country in the future, issue the relevant policy with medical progress and government, and the increasingly many person strengthens and takes precautions against consciousness, " people are convinced, the ghost of the South African society of this puzzlement of AIDS will leave away slowly at last " .

Exciting news is coming constantly to resist AIDS struggle in the whole world, but the situation can't make people optimistic yet, there are 4 main reasons: First, the infeted show a tendency to become younger, in 33,200,000 the infeted in the world, the 10 millioning of age bracket of 15 years old to 24 years old, under the age of 15 there is 2,500,000; Second, Africa area is still the severely afflicated area to the south of the Sahara desert, HIV-positive's quantity accounts for 67% in the world in 2007, the death toll of AIDS accounts for 72% in the world; Third, the AIDS preventing and controlling fund is still insufficient, there is shortfall of 8 billion dollars in the global AIDS preventing and controlling fund in 2007; Fourth, the global AIDS preventing and controlling still exists more insufficient.

AIDS of the United Nations is planned executive directors of administration Peter and Piot and said, the resistance AIDS achievement made over the past two years in the whole world is greater than all achievements in the past 20 years, but people can't be complacent because of progress that is made in short term, but should continue paying long-term and greater efforts on this basis.



Background: 21st World AIDS Day

It is the 21st World AIDS Day on December 1 this year, the theme of this year is the same as last year, it is still " leader " ,Purpose is in the outstanding leader's role in AIDS preventing and controlling. The propaganda slogan is " Contain AIDS, meet commitment " .

Medical science of AIDS is called completely " AIDS " ,Caused by HIV. This kind of virus is infected all one's life, can destroy the human immune system, make people lose the ability to resist various diseases. The spread route of HIV mainly includes blood, mother and baby heredity and sex contact,etc.. At present, AIDS is still incurable disease. Drug cocktail therapy, namely resist against duplicating the virus treatment, it is to treat one of the methods with effective AIDS.

Since American researchers found the first AIDS case of the world in 1981, AIDS has spread rapidly in the world. In order to improve people's understanding of AIDS, World Health Organization was determined as the World AIDS Day December 1 annual of January, 1988, call countries all over the world and international organization to hold the relevant activity on this day, propagate and popularize the knowledge that prevents AIDS. In June of 2001, the issue special meeting of AIDS of the United Nations General Assembly passed " commitment declaration about the AIDS question ", preventing and curing AIDS for the international community and taking action makes unified goal and action plan, contain and begin the overall goal of reversing the spreading trend of AIDS before the end of 2015 in order to reach.

World Health Organization emphasizes, succeeds in preventing and curing AIDS and needing 3 key factors, namely fund, medicines and well-trained medical personnel. A lot of AIDS preventing and controlling projects are unable to launch because of lacking fund at present, in some AIDS hotspots, the question which lacks professional medical personnel is especially outstanding. In addition, in the struggle with AIDS, people realize " leaders " gradually Importance,action, innovation ability and foresight, and last obstacle and unremitting spirit at the time of challenge because of leader, often have irreplaceable function.



The global AIDS preventing and controlling makes obvious progress for the first time