세계 에이즈의 날, 각국에서 다양한 행사와 에이즈 환자 3천만명

*세계 에이즈의 날, 각국에서 다양한 행사
	오늘은 세계 에이즈의 날입니다. 세계 각지에서 감염예방과 질병, 환자에 대해 정확한 이해를 하자는 행사가 벌어지고 있습니다. 이 가운데 남아프리카에서는 자원봉사 의료관계자가 간선도로변에 가설 상담소를 짓고 트럭운전사나 부근에 사는 여성 등을 대상으로 상담과 에이즈 감염검사를 실시했습니다. 유엔이 발표한 최신 추계치에 따르면, 세계에서 에이즈 바이러스에 감염된 환자는 3천만 명에 달하고, 올해 새로 감염된 환자는 250만 명으로 지난 해보다 180만 명 정도 줄었습니다. 이는 특히 감염이 심각했던 아프리카와 인도에서 에이즈 바이러스 예방대책이 효과를 거뒀기 때문이라고 유엔은 분석했습니다. 그러나 에이즈 바이러스에 감염된 부모가 사망하고 자신도 감염된 고아들이 수백만 명에 달하고, 세계적으로는 에이즈 바이러스와 질병에 대한 잘못된 이해가 뿌리깊다며 유엔에서는 세계 에이즈의 날에 맞춰 대책을 호소하고 있습니다.(NHK.2007.12.1)

*보건운동가들 세계 에이즈의 날 맞아 경각심 고취 (E)
12/01/2007

세계 여러 지역의 에이즈 퇴치운동가들은 토요일 (12월 1일) 세계 에이즈의 날을 맞아  전염병의 퇴치에 대한 관심을 고조시키고 있습니다.

유엔이 후원하는 ‘에이즈, 결핵, 말라리아 퇴치 기금’은 에이즈를 일으키는 바이러스 HIV를 갖고 있는 환자 약 150만명에게 약품을 공급했다고 밝혔습니다.

한편 부시 미국 대통령은 의회에 대해 앞으로 5년 동안 에이즈 퇴치자금으로 300억 달라를 지출할수 있도록 승인해 달라고 요청했습니다.

미국 관리들은 아프리카의 사하라 이남 지역 국가의 환자들중 치료를 받은 환자의 수가 5만명에서 50만명 가까이 늘었다고 밝혔습니다.

Health activists around the globe are using today's (Saturday's) annual observance of World AIDS Day to focus attention on efforts to combat the pandemic.

The U.N.-sponsored Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says it has provided drugs for nearly one-and-a-half million people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

In the United States, President Bush is urging lawmakers to approve his proposal to spend 30 billion dollars over the next five years to fight the disease. The president stared a five-year, 15 billion-dollar initiative in 2003 to provide live-saving drugs to AIDS patients in 120 countries, with an emphasis on 15 nations - mostly in Africa

U.S. officials say the number of people receiving treatment in sub-Saharan countries has risen from 50-thousand to one-half million.(미국의 소리)

 

*새 에이즈 감염자 및 발병자 병례 970건

2007-12-01 20:05:00

베이징 위생국에 따르면 올해 1월부터 10월까지 베이징에서 새로 검출해낸 에이즈 바이러스 감염자와 에이즈 병자는 970건으로서 전년 동기대비 50% 이상 늘어났습니다. 알려진데 의하면 베이징 에이즈 발병상황은 최근연간 재빨리 늘어나는 추세를 보이고 있으며, 에이즈 바이러스 감염, 발병 병례에서 마약투여와 전파가 위주로 되고 있습니다.(중국 국제방송)

 

 

온가보 하남 상채현 에이즈환자와 고아 방문

2007-12-01 17:03:07

제20번째 세계에이즈의 날에 즈음해 온가보 중국총리는 11월 30일 재차 하남성 상채현을 특별히 찾아 에이즈환자와 에이즈로 인해 고아로 된 아동들을 찾아보고 위문했으며 에이즈예방치료사업과 관해 조사연구를 진행하였습니다. 상채현은 중국에서 에이즈발병상황이 비교적 엄중한 지역의 하나입니다. 2005년 온가보 총리는 상채현을 찾아 에이즈로 인해 친척을 잃은 노인, 어린이들과 함께 중국의 전통명절인 섣달 그믐날을 보냈습니다. 11월 30일 온가보총리는 우선 상채현의 에이즈로 인해 고아로 된 아동들을 찾아보고 이들과 점심을 같이 했습니다. 온가보 총리는 아동들의 학습과 생활상황을 자세히 알아보았습니다. 그는 어린이들이 자신을 잘 돌보고 낙관적으로 생활할 것을 당부했습니다. 그후 온가보 총리는 상채현 문루촌에 가 에이즈환자를 찾아보았습니다. 이곳의 에이즈환자는 무상치료를 받고 있으며 병세가 크게 완화되였습니다. 온가보 총리는 에이즈환자들이 신심을 가져야 한다고 고무하였으며 과학적으로 질병에 대할 것을 당부하였습니다. 그는 홍보교육을 강화해 에이즈환자에 대한 사회의 차별시를 없앨 것을 요구하였습니다.(중국 국제방송)

*Global effort on World Aids Day

In China, the Miss World pageant is coinciding with World Aids Day Events are being held to mark the 20th World Aids Day, many highlighting the need to fight continued prejudices against people with HIV-Aids. The UN recently reduced its estimate of the number of people with HIV/Aids, but the figure still stands at 33 million. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said strong leadership was needed if the fight against the disease was to be won. Campaigners have warned that progress in treating and slowing the disease is breeding complacency about the risks. See a breakdown of global HIV prevalence In South Africa, the country with the most HIV infections, former President Nelson Mandela is due to attend a concert in Johannesburg where international musicians, including Annie Lennox and Peter Gabriel, will perform alongside local talent. It is the latest event organised by the 46664 campaign - which is named after Mr Mandela's old prison number and began five years ago. More than five million South Africans are HIV positive. After years in which the South African government was accused of "Aids denial", the country now has the world's largest programme of antiretroviral treatment. And I call for leadership at all levels to scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General Fears over homeopathy role But Aids campaigners say more must still be done - especially in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission. The UN Secretary General, Mr Ban, has called for renewed efforts to focus on helping women, who now make up half of those living with Aids worldwide, and for better funding for prevention and care programmes. "I call for leadership among all governments in fully understanding the epidemic - so that resources go where they are most needed," he said in a speech in New York. "And I call for leadership at all levels to scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010," he added. US fund increase US President George W Bush on Friday urged the US Congress to authorise the doubling of financial aid to combat HIV/Aids to $30bn (£15bn) over the next five years. "We will turn the tide against HIV/Aids once and for all," he said, adding that he would visit Africa during 2008. In India, the Red Ribbon Express is spreading anti-Aids advice Almost three-quarters of Aids-related deaths during 2006 were in sub-Saharan Africa. Two-thirds of those living with HIV are found there. But the number of people living with the virus has increased everywhere, with the most striking increases in East Asia and Central Asia/Eastern Europe. The BBC's David Loyn, in Afghanistan, says that nearly 30 years after HIV/Aids first emerged onto the world stage, it is now moving into the country with unpredictable consequences. Only 266 cases of HIV/Aids have been recorded in Afghanistan but returning refugees, truck drivers, and Afghans now flying abroad to work are bringing in the disease. There are fears the official figures are just the tip of the iceberg, our correspondent says. Vatican view In India, the Red Ribbon Express, a train with a giant Aids ribbon running the length of its side, has set off on a journey of almost 27,000km (16,000 miles) to spread advice about tackling the disease to almost 60,000 villages across the country. An estimated two and a half million people in India are affected by the Aids virus - only Nigeria and South Africa have higher numbers. Mr Bush praised the "extraordinary generosity" of US citizens In Sanya, China, the 57th Miss World beauty pageant is being held to coincide with World Aids Day in an effort to raise awareness. And Chinese President Hu Jintao has appeared on the front page of major state-controlled newspapers shaking the hand of a woman with HIV. The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has said this week that he is spiritually close to victims of Aids and their families, but the Vatican still opposes the use of condoms as a means of fighting the epidemic. At his weekly general audience the pope called for stepped-up efforts to stop the spread of the HIV virus that causes Aids and deplored the disdain with which Aids sufferers are often treated. Yet the Vatican refuses to end its opposition to the use of condoms. Roman Catholics in many parts of the world, however, believe condom use helps save lives, according to an opinion poll published by a liberal Catholic group in the United States, Catholics for Choice. According to the survey, a majority of Catholics living in Ghana, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines and the US all believe that Catholic hospitals and government-funded clinics should be required to include condoms as part of Aids prevention.

*Russia's abandoned HIV children

By Emma Simpson BBC News, Moscow Russia has one of the fastest growing Aids epidemics in the world, with 100 new infections every day. Increasingly, women and their infants are being affected. Latest figures show 22,000 babies have been born to HIV-positive women. And many are being abandoned by their mothers into the care of the state. Many HIV-positive mothers give up their babies to the Russian state The four babies in the maternity ward in the city of Tver were just a few days old and blissfully content. But two of them had been abandoned by their HIV-positive mothers, who were either too ashamed or unable to cope. They ought soon to have been heading to one of Russia's regular baby orphanages, but the two newborns are likely to be stuck here in this state-run infectious diseases hospital instead. If they are lucky it will be only for 18 months - the time it takes doctors in Russia officially to diagnose whether children are HIV-positive. Most babies born to women who are HIV-positive do turn out to be free from the virus. But if HIV is detected, the babies could end up being here a lot longer. Russia is quick to reject those with HIV. Unwanted outcast In another part of the hospital, we found Tanya sitting in her dressing gown in a nurse's office, doodling happily away. She was three-and-a-half years old and had been living here all her life. If they're abandoned, they stay in a hospital Yury Loshkarov Tver health department head Tanya had never played with another child and had only been outside once or twice. The staff told us that because she was HIV-positive, there was nowhere else for her to go, an outcast whom nobody seemed to want. In this region, there were 23 new cases of children confirmed with HIV last year alone - and sadly, we discovered that Tanya's case was not unique. Yury Loshkarov, in charge of Tver's health department, admitted that there were other children living in its hospitals because no orphanage wanted to take them. "If they're abandoned, they stay in a hospital," he said. Huge pressure In Russia, some 20 babies are born every day to HIV-positive women, with two of those, on average, abandoned by their mothers. We spoke to Olga, who found out a year ago that she was HIV-positive. Doctors treat me differently - they are still trying to convince me against pregnancy Olga HIV-positive expectant mother Modern drugs are widely available which can dramatically reduce the chances of mother-to-child transmission. Too many women, though, are still unaware of the treatment. She is now 22 weeks pregnant and told us that she was determined to keep her baby, despite huge pressure. "In my clinic, doctors treat me differently. They are still trying to convince me against pregnancy. "When I ask questions they don't reply - they just shout at me. Even my grandmother thought that people with HIV should be sent to an isolated island." Her experience helps explain why so many women give up their children. Love and compassion Russia is belatedly pouring millions of dollars into tackling this epidemic. The biggest challenge is changing attitudes. It is bad enough living with HIV, but what hope if you are young, orphaned and infected? Attitudes towards HIV/Aids must change for children to be accepted If Tanya is lucky, she will get a place at the Republican Hospital for Infectious Diseases in St Petersburg. It has proper medicine and specially trained staff. Most of all, there is love and compassion to help bring children's emotions alive. But there are fewer than 40 places for the whole of the country. We watched one of the afternoon lessons - a visit to a make-believe corner shop. This was just one of the ways to prepare the young patients for the real world outside. Locked up Five-year-old Dima preferred to sit quietly at the back. He spent three years isolated in a hospital ward, and then was eventually separated from his little brother when he was finally diagnosed as HIV-negative. Yelena Vedmed, the hospital's deputy head, said it was a trauma he may never be able to forget. Maybe when people see how wonderful and talented our children are, this may change their attitude Yelena Vedmed, Republican Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Absolutely all the children that came here had developmental problems. Many of them were locked up for several years in isolated hospital wards. "They were basically ignored and abandoned. Two-year-old children had the developmental level of a six-month-old baby." Their progress has been remarkable. This, however, was only supposed to be a temporary haven. But the staff are wondering if these children will ever be accepted by the outside world. "About a year and a half ago a new law was introduced which obliged orphanages to accept them. We tried once - at an orphanage near by," Ms Vedmed said. "But after we went there, we realised that the level of Aids-phobia is so high that our child would be isolated again, so we didn't give this child away." She has called for a massive public relations campaign to explain to Russians that HIV-positive people are no different from anyone else. "Maybe when people see how wonderful and talented our children are, this may change their attitude," she said. But that will take time - something that Russia currently does not have.