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艾滋病AIDS/HIVContentsAIDS(definition,infections,treatment,prevention)AIDSintheWorldAIDSinChinaDiscussionAddedmaterialsAIDSWhatisAIDS？Howisitcaught？TreatmentPreventionDefinition--AIDS(AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome)(获得性免疫缺陷综合症)isadiseasecausedbyaviruscalledHIV(HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus)(人类免疫缺陷病毒).Itattackstheimmunesystem,yourbody’smaindefenseagainstdisease.AIDSisthefinalandmostseriousstageoftheHIVdisease.InfectionsPeopledonotgetHIVfromeverydaymeetingswithinfectedpeopleatschoolorotherplaces.HIVcannotbespreadbytouchingapersonortouchingclothes,telephones,dishes,doorhandlesortoiletseats,byplayingsportsorbymosquitoes(蚊子).Apersoncan’tcatchHIVthroughcasualcontactsuchashugs,kisses,orhandshakes.HIViscaughtintwomainways:withaByhavingsexpersonwhoisHIVpositive,orbysharinganeedlewithapersonwhohasHIV.HeroinhasfueledasharpriseindruguseandencouragedthesharingofneedlesthathelpstospreadAIDS.AbabycanbeborninfectedwithHIVifthemotherhasthevirus.ItisalsopossibletobeinfectedwithHIVthroughbloodtransfusions.TreatmentThereisnocureforAIDSatthemoment.PeoplewhobecomeinfectedwithHIVmaylookorfeelhealthyforupto10years,buttheycanstillpasstheinfectionontoothers.Thevirusslowlyattacksthebody’simmunesystemuntilitcannolongerfightoffdeadlyillnesses.ResearchersareworkingtodevelopmedicinetopreventAIDSoradrugtocureit.AndnewtreatmentsarebeginningtoincreasethelengthoftimepeoplewithAIDScanlive.DoctorHeDayifoundthatthetherapeuticcombination(cocktailtherapy)ofavarietyofanti-HIVdrugshasaremarkableeffectonAIDS.何大一PreventionPreventionofAIDSrequiresforesightandself-control.Governmentshouldissuesomelawsandregulationstopreventit.People,especiallyyoungpeople,mustnot:havesexualcontactwithpeopleknownorthoughttobeinfectedwithAIDS,orwithpeoplewhousedrugs.YoungpeoplearebecomingmoreatrisktoHIVandAIDSbecausetheyarebecomingmoresexuallyactiveandatamuchearlierage.ItisimportanttoprovidesexeducationforyoungpeopleinChina.Donotuseintravenousdrugs(静脉注射毒品).Theycaneliminatedruguse,drug-relatedriskbehaviorssuchasneedlesharing,unsafesexualpractices,and,inturn,theriskofexposuretoHIV/AIDSandotherinfectiousdiseases.DrugabusepreventionandtreatmentarehighlyeffectiveinpreventingthespreadofHIV.AIDSintheWorldFirstreportedin1981,HIVinfectionisnowaworldwideepidemic,affectingnearly40million.Aroundtheworld,10.3millionpeopleaged15to24arelivingwithHIVorAIDS,accordingtoUNAIDS(联合国艾滋病规划署).HIV/AIDSisthegreatestthreatofmankindtodayandthegreatestweaponofmassdestructionontheearth.Allofsocietymustworktogethertobeatthisproblem.AIDSinChinaHIV/AIDSisbeginningtospreadfromparticulargroupsinChinatothegeneralpopulation.中国艾滋病疫情情况(1995-2007.8)AIDSinChinaattheendofJune,2003截至2007年8月底，全国累计报告HIV感染者和艾滋病病人218107例，其中艾滋病病人58893例，累计报告死亡19258例。2007年新报告HIV感染者和艾滋病病人32235例，其中艾滋病病人6435例，死亡3095例。2006年1-12月和2007年1-6月，全国平均每月新报告感染者基本稳定在3000人左右。AttheendofAugust,2007,Chinahad218,107reportedHIV-positivecases,accumulatively.Theseincluded58,893full-blowncasesand19,258deaths.中国累计报告HIV感染者地区分布（1995－2003.6）GeographicDistributionofCumulativeHIVInfectionsinChina1-100101-500501-10001001-50005001-1000010000HIV感染者数濮存昕是中国大陆第一个预防艾滋病义务宣传员。现在出任预防艾滋病宣传员的还有：大陆的郭峰、祖海、徐帆、蒋雯丽；香港的杨千桦、古巨基。Let’sWorkTogethertoFightAgainstAIDS!