国际艾滋病大会在津巴布韦召开

 　　HARARE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) opened Sunday in the Zimbabwean capital where countries took stock of the achievements and challenges they have encountered in response to HIV and AIDS over the past decades.

　　The six-day conference, under the theme of "AIDS in Post 2015 Era: Linking Leadership, Science and Human Rights", brings together more than 5,000 delegates from around the world including the world's leading scientists, policy makers¹, activists², people living with HIV and government leaders.

　　In his welcoming remarks, Zimbabwean Health Minister David Parirenyatwa said the key messages sent by the conference were that Africa had made progress in combating HIV and AIDS, and the world including Africa could end the epidemic³ by 2030.

　　International AIDS conference opens in Zimbabwe

　　He said the facts that the deadly disease was claiming fewer lives and fewer people acquired HIV makes ending the epidemic by 2030 a realistic prospect⁴.

　　Another message of the conference is that Africa, the continent worst affected⁵ by HIV, must fight complacency and renew its commitment to increasing funding for the fight against the epidemic, he said.

　　Zimbabwean Vice⁶ President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the theme of the conference that links leadership, science and human rights was appropriate in ensuring that Africa wins the war against HIV and AIDS.

　　"Clearly science, leadership, and human rights taken separately and exclusively can not win the war against HIV and STIs(Sexually Transmitted Infections), hence there must be harmony and synergy in the fight against this epidemic which has ravaged⁷ our great continent," he said.

　　He called for concerted efforts by all relevant institutions and partners in ensuring effective collaboration⁸ in Africa's quest to achieve universal health coverage⁹ including free access to HIV prevention, care and treatment.

　　Africa, he said, continued to bear the brunt of HIV in the world with 25.8 million of people on the continent living with HIV, which translates to 70 percent of the global HIV burden.

　　He also urged the continent not to be complacent¹⁰ about the achievements made so far, saying the war against HIV was not over yet.

　　UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Leila Pakkala said while progress had been made, a lot more efforts are needed to increase the percentage of HIV positive people in Africa who are getting treatment, currently at 41 percent.

　　Noting that Africa had made strides in reducing HIV transmission from mother to child, Pakkala called for more efforts to reach the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission.

　　She said since 2000, more than 1.3 million new infections among children had been averted¹¹ through prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in Africa, and the transmission rate fell from 38 percent to 15 percent.

　　Meanwhile, at least 30 million HIV infections had also been averted and 8 million people who could have died had survived due to increased access to treatment, she added.

　　"We can confidently say the progress in the response to HIV is one of the great success stories of the Millennium¹² Development Goals," she said.

　　With the correlation¹³ among AIDS, productivity and poverty clearly evident, an effective AIDS response was therefore crucial to underpinning¹⁴ and ensuring sustainable development in Africa, she said.

1 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

5 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。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 ravaged   

毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫

参考例句：

• a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
• The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。

8 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

9 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

10 complacent   

adj.自满的；自鸣得意的

参考例句：

• We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
• She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。

11 averted   

防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
• Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。

12 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

13 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

14 underpinning   

n.基础材料；基础结构；（学说、理论等的）基础；（人的）腿v.用砖石结构等从下面支撑（墙等）( underpin的现在分词 )；加固（墙等）的基础；为（论据、主张等）打下基础；加强

参考例句：

• Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation. 具有典范性的创新确保了这次成功。 来自辞典例句
• But underpinning Mr Armstrong's technology changes is a human touch. 但阿姆斯特朗技术变革的支柱是人情味。 来自互联网