VOA英语2010年-Early HIV Treatment Saves Lives

A review of the guidelines for HIV treatment in poor countries finds priority should go to starting that treatment early. What we learned from a clinical standpoint, as well as a cost-effective standpoint, is that earlier anti-retroviral therapy impr

VOA慢速英语2010-Health Report - South Africa's Huge HIV T

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June of next year. That is almost one-third of its population. South Africa has the most people living with H.I.V. of any nation. The numbe

VOA标准英语2015--Generic Form of Pediatric HIV Drug OK’d

Generic Form of Pediatric HIV Drug OKd A new licensing agreement with the pharmaceutical company MERCK allows for the manufacture of a generic version of a pediatric AIDS drug. It may be two years before its readily available in low- and middle-incom

VOA标准英语2012--Young People Navigate Relationships, Romance and HIV

Young People Navigate Relationships, Romance and HIV The exercise in this panel discussion: whether to disclose HIV status in a hypothetical relationship. Red means no, green means yes and yellow means maybe. There's a variety of responses in the sce

VOA标准英语2012--Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk

Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk A common bacterial infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa sharply increases the risk of HIV transmission to men. Researchers say current treatments provide only a short-term solution. Its long been

VOA标准英语2012--AIDS-Stricken Mother Wages War Against HIV

AIDS-Stricken Mother Wages War Against HIV When Catherine Wyatt-Morley tested positive for HIV, she was told she had six years to live. Nearly two decades later, the mother of three is still alive, still fighting AIDS and finding strength in helping

2007年VOA标准英语-Teaching Youth to Prevent HIV and AIDS in DC

By Vronique LaCapra Washington, DC 11 September 2007 In Washington, D.C., about one in fifty people has AIDS, and the annual rate of new AIDS cases is more than ten times the national average In Washington, D.C., about one in 50 people has AIDS, and

VOA标准英语2012--Activists Urge Lifting of HIV Travel Bans

Activists Urge Lifting of HIV Travel Bans Marma Palma is an Aboriginal HIV/AIDS advocate from New Zealand who has been living with the virus for 19 years. She defiantly traveled to the U.S. six times while the entry ban for HIV-positive persons was i

VOA标准英语2011--Reflections on 30 Years of HIV/AIDS

Reflections on 30 Years of HIV/AIDS The HIV/AIDS epidemic is 30 years old. Nearly 30 million people have died from complications of the disease and more than 33 million are currently living with it. There's a better chance than ever of living a long,

VOA慢速英语2009-Development Report - Teaching HIV Prevention to

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A researcher says three hundred forty-three thousand AIDS deaths in South Africa in the last ten years could have been prevented. Nicoli Nattrass blames the former government of Thabo Mbeki for del

VOA慢速英语-Health Report - More People Get HIV Drugs, but Even

The U.N. releases a treatment report about developing countries. For every two persons we manage to get to, says W.H.O. chief Margaret Chan, another five persons get infected. Transcript of radio broadcast: 03 June 2008 This is the VOA Special Engli

VOA慢速英语2011--Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Ri

Health Report - Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Risk? 健康报道 - 避孕药物是否真会增加艾滋病毒感染风险？ This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The World Health Orga

VOA标准英语2012--Cheaper Drugs Allow Better Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients

Cheaper Drugs Allow Better Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is responsible for getting millions of people on treatment. But researchers say it was not until the program started using cheaper generi

VOA标准英语2012--Stem Cell Therapy Effective Against HIV Virus in Mice

Stem Cell Therapy Effective Against HIV Virus in Mice The actual stem cells were injected in my arm, said Diana Souza. Diana Souza says stem cell therapy helped restore full use of her severely fractured arm. It is a miracle. It does work. And I have

VOA标准英语2012--Aging HIV/AIDS Survivors Create New Class of Patients

Aging HIV/AIDS Survivors Create New Class of Patients In sub-Saharan Africa, antiretroviral treatment (ART) has reduced the mortality rate among HIV-infected people by 20 percent. Many of the people receiving treatment who are now in their forties ar

VOA标准英语2012--Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women The World Health Organization recently issued new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The recommendations include getting more women on treatment sooner and staying on it for lif

VOA标准英语2010-South Africans Praise Latest HIV/AIDS Tes

South African President Zuma waves as he arrives to declare his HIV-negative status during launch of the HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign held at Natalspruit Hospital in Katlehong, 25 April 2010 Related Links Text of President Zuma's address on H

VOA标准英语2012--Study: HIV, Food Insecurity Closely Linked

Study: HIV, Food Insecurity Closely Linked A new study says Africa suffers from a co-epidemic of HIV/AIDS and food insecurity. Researchers say treatment and better nutrition go hand-in-hand in controlling the epidemic. Dr. Sheri Weiser said when peop

VOA标准英语2013--HIV Trial Yields Disappointing Results

HIV Trial Yields Disappointing Results A large-scale HIV prevention trial among African women has yielded disappointing results. But the outcome may be more the fault of behavior than the prevention methods used in the study. The trial is known as VO

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya Pledges New Funds for HIV / AIDS

Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cut almost in half from 14 percent of the population in 2000 to 7.1 percent in 2007 Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 01 December 2009 A Kenyan Turkana woman in