英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1201 - 携手抗癌，重在预防

December the 1st is World AIDS day.

 

On today’s program，we’ll talk about everything you need to know about HIV and AIDS. The progress and obstacles China faces as a nation that’s making more effort in fighting the disease.  And of course, treatment that’s necessary and stigma¹ we should overcome.

 

Dr Fabio Scano is a public health specialist and holds a M.D. from University of Padua, Italy; a post graduate degree in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine; and he is a Yale World Fellow.

 

Dr Scano has been working for World Health Organization for over a decade and, he took up many important assignments with WHO Headquarters in Geneva and in the field including South Africa to assist the country with the outbreak of XDR-TB in 2007.

 

Dr Scano is also working with China Food and Drug Administration to ensure access to quality assured health commodities.

1 stigma   

n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头

参考例句：

• Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
• The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。