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Need for Emphasis on Treatment

AIDS programs in developing put too little emphasis on treatment, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, asking for more small community-based clinics to be opened to treat HIV-infected people.
An estimated 36 million to 46 million people are living with AIDS, two-thirds of them in Africa, but only 440.000 people in developing countries were receiving treatiment by the end of 2003, the UN health agency said in its annual report.
"Without treatment, all of them will die a premature and in most cases painful death," the WHO said in the 169-page World Health Report.
WHO Director General Lee Jong-wook said community-based treatment should be added to disease prevention and care for sufferers in AIDS programs.
"Future generations will judge our time in large part by our response to the AIDS disease," Lee said.
"By tackling it decisively we will also be building health systems that can meet the health needs of today and tomorrow. This is a historic opportunity we cannot afford to miss, "he added.
Antiretroviral drugs enable people hit by AIDS to live longer. The annual cost of treatment, which was about $10,000 when the drugs were first developed, has dropped to about $150.
Treatment programs also help AIDS prevention efforts, the report said, citing great demands for testing and counseling where treatment has been made available.
Good counseling in turn leads to more effective prevention in those who are uninfected, and significantly reduces the potential for HIV carriers to pass on the infection, the report said.
Since its discovery in the 1980s, more than 20 million have died of AIDS, mostly in poor countries.

单选题 Which is true of many AIDS sufferers in developin countries? ______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第二段提到,绝大部分艾滋病患者都生活在发展中国家,而接受治疗的人数却不是很多。
单选题 The WHO publishes its World Health Report ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从文章的第二段可以得知,世界卫生组织的“世界卫生报告”是每年发表一次。
单选题 According to Lee, our response to the AIDS disease is ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】在文章的第五段,Lee说到:“我们子孙后代对我们这一时代的评价将主要取决于我们是如何应付艾滋病这一疾病。”可见,我们对于该病之反应的重要性。
单选题 AIDS treatment programs may also result in ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章的第八段提到,对于艾滋病的治疗对预防艾滋病也颇有益处。
单选题 How many people have died of AIDS so far? ______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章的最后一段告诉我们,自从20世纪80年代发现艾滋现到现在,已有两千万人死于该病。