The Health Protection Agency recently calculated that it costs more than £300,000 to treat every person who contracts the disease including those who go on to develop AIDS. The cost of treating sufferers in the last stages of their lives is particularly high.
The government believes that early diagnosis of sufferers could ultimately help cut costs before the virus is passed on to other people.
If diagnosed early, HIV, although incurable, is now treatable for many people. According to the National Aids Trust, many people taking anti-HIV drugs become non-infectious.
(Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
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根据英国多位部长支持的一项争议性方案,英国国家医疗服务体系将首度向外来人口免费提供艾滋病病毒治疗服务。
目前,包括不被收容所接纳的人、学生和游客在内的外来人口都不能接受免费的艾滋病病毒治疗,而其他传染性疾病的免费治疗服务对外国人是开放的。
英国政府将支持上院议员提出的这一议案,该提案将终结英国的“失常”现象,让那些未在英国合法定居的人也可以享受免费治疗。
倡议者认为,免费治疗很重要,因为它会降低英国人被感染的风险,并能在患者病情加重、危及生命之前帮助他们治疗艾滋病病毒感染。
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