研究发现艾滋药物能够提高非洲人的平均寿命

研究发现艾滋药物能够提高非洲人的平均寿命

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1、原文StudySaysAIDSDrugsCanRaiseLifeExpectancyinAfricaScientistssayastudyinAfricashowsthatAIDSdrugscanincreaselifeexpectancyinpatientstonearlynormallevels.OneoftheauthorswasDr.JeanNachegaofSouthAfrica'sStellenboschUniversityandtheJohnsHopkinsBloombergSchoolofPublicHea

2、lthinBaltimore,Maryland.JEANNACHEGA:TheoverallkeyfindingofourstudyisthatthepatientinAfricareceivingantiretroviraltherapyforHIVcanexpecttoliveanear-normallifespan."ThestudywasreleasedinRomethisweekataconferenceoftheInternationalAIDSSociety.ThefindingsappearintheAnn

3、alsofInternalMedicine.Overthelastthirtyyears,theHIV/AIDSepidemiccutfifteentotwentyyearsormorefromlifeexpectancyratesinAfrica.Dr.Nachegasaysinmanycountriestheserateshadrisensharply.JEANNACHEGA:"Allwhatwe'vebeenabletogaininthepastwiththeaccesstocleanwater,expandedim

4、munizationprogramsweretotallyreversedwiththeHIV/AIDSepidemicinAfrica.Sonowweareseeingsomegoodnewsthatinvestinginantiretroviralprograms,thoseinvestmentsarenowpayingoff;hestudytookplaceinUganda.There,lifeexpectancyatbirthisanaverageofaboutfifty-fiveyears.Thestudyinv

5、olvedtwenty-twothousandpatientsbeingtreatedforHIV.Theresultswerepromisingbutweredifferentformenandwomen.Atagetwenty,lifeexpectancyformenwasanothernineteenyears.Womencouldexpecttolivethirtymoreyears.Atagethirty-five,mencouldexpecttolivetofifty-seven.Womencouldexpec

6、ttolivetosixty-seven.DeNachegasaysmengenerallystarttreatmentlaterthanwomen.Bythenthediseaseislesstreatable.JEANNACHEGA:"Menspendmoretimelookingforajobandspendingmoretimeawayfromtheirfamilytotrytofindawaytosurvive,Ithinkmaybeoneofthe[reasons].Thesecondreasonisobvio

7、uslytheissueaboutstigma,whichisstillquiteaffectingamajorityofpeopleinthecommunity?"Also,programsforpregnantwomenmeanthatwomenhavemorechancestogettestedforHIVandtoreceivetreatment.D匚Nachegasayshealthofficialsneedtodealwiththis"genderimbalance.Hesupportstheideaofcon

8、sideringtreatmentforHIV/AIDSasaformofprevention.JEANNACHEGA:"Weshouldnolongerseetreatmentandpreventiontotallyseparately.Treatment,byitself,itisalsoparto

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