50% of AIDS patients in L. America receive treatment

     PANAMA CITY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- In Latin America there are 600,000 people infected(传染) with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome¹ (AIDS) and about 50 percent of them receive treatment, regional director of UNAIDS for Latin America Cesar Nunez said on Sunday.

    "We have to work a lot for the other half get treatment," Nunez told Xinhua during the 124th Assembly of the Inter-parliamentarian Assembly hosted in Panama City from April 15 to 20.

    Nunez urged the governments of the region to redouble efforts to control this pandemic, by improving the prevention campaigns to stop new infections.

    "The availability of the medicines has grown in the last 10 years and the countries have taken this commitment, however, the number of infections each time is bigger than the number of people we can treat," he said.

    According to Nunez, despite the increase of new infections among women, the men sector² continue being one of the most affected³ social groups by this virus.

    "In Latin America we have an epidemic⁴ where the most affected are men, followed by homosexuals, lesbians and sex workers," he said.

    Nunez said that during the meeting with the parliamentarians, they exchanged experiences to contribute to improve the management of this disease.

    "We have met with parliamentarians who have voted for more budget to buy more medicines, in favor of laws for more education about this topic and participation⁵ in the exchange of information to know about the advances and backwards⁶ of the fight against Aids," he said.

    Some 800 parliamentarians from 125 countries attended the 124th Assembly to debate the recent events in the Arab world, the disaster in Japan and sustainable development.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

5 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

6 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。