Eight million people now being treated for HIV_美文

Eight million people now being treated for HIV

GOTTFRIED HIRNSCHALL: “You will have quite impressive reductions of both mortality and new infections. So we estimate over a period until twenty-twenty more than twelve million new infections could be averted and seven point four million deaths could be also averted. So in other words, yes, you need to invest. You need to frontload the resources, but you’re buying something for it.”

Dr. Hirnschall says the World Health Organization is writing rules to help developing countries care for and treat those most at risk of infection.

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BARBARA KLEIN: Two other studies found that anti-AIDS drugs may protect HIV-negative individuals against the deadly virus. The studies involved couples in Kenya and Uganda. One partner was infected with HIV and the other was not.

The testing lasted from 2008 to 2010. The study showed a 67% to 75% reduced risk of infection in the non-infected partner. That was in comparison to those who took a placebo or harmless substance.

However, a third study showed no difference in protection. Those tests involved women in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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MARIO RITTER: This SCIENCE IN THE NEWS was written by VOA reporter Joe De Capua. It was adapted into Special English and produced by Christopher Cruise. I’m Mario Ritter.