[IELTS 생활속 영어공부] New guidelines for fighting HIV

생활속에서 공부하는 아이엘츠 - New guidelines for fighting HIV

12월 1일은 유엔이 정한 세계 에이즈(AIDS)의 날입니다~

죽음의 병으로 알려졌던, 그래서 그 이름만으로도 무서웠던 AIDS!

특히 사람들의 편견으로 사회 생활이 힘들어 마음 고생까지 더 해야 했던 환자분들에게

이제 약으로 바이러스를 죽이고 면역력도 회복할 수도 있어

문제 없이 일상 생활을 하며 장기 생존이 가능하다는 희소식?!

New guidelines for fighting HIV

The World Health Organisation has issued new guidelines for HIV treatment which would significantly increase the number of patients receiving anti-retroviral drugs.

At the moment, four million people around the world receive anti-retroviral drugs. There's another five million who need them but don't get them.

The WHO recommendations on when to start treatment for HIV would mean an extra three to five million people would be added to that waiting list. The WHO wants people who have HIV to start drugs before their immune systems get so weak they start displaying symptoms. A study recently published in the medical journal The Lancet showed starting treatment at the newly recommended level could increase survival by nearly 70%.

It would also add significantly to the cost on health care systems. In South Africa, which has one of the biggest HIV burdens in the world, currently fewer than half of the people who should be receiving HIV drugs get them.

Poor health infrastructure is a common problem for nearly all developing countries. Putting HIV-positive people on drugs earlier would significantly reduce the cost to health systems of treating opportunistic infections - illnesses which take hold while the immune system is weak. It would also greatly improve life expectancy of HIV patients, with repercussions for families and the workforce.

The WHO is still working out how much it would cost countries to improve their treatment regimes, but it won't be cheap

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