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Doubling Down to Defeat HIV/AIDs

Much has changed in the three decades since HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was identified. Even as recently as a decade ago, a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS seemed like a death sentence for an entire continent, said Secretary of State John Kerry.

“Back then, more than 2 million people died from AIDS-related causes on a worldwide basis. Today, we’ve cut those numbers by 34 percent. Back then, AIDS threatened to wipe out a whole generation, leaving behind 14 million orphans and vulnerable children. Today, we’ve slashed new infections among children in half.”

The tide has turned, said Secretary Kerry.We are fighting the disease, and an AIDS-free generation is in sight:

“PEPFAR is now supporting lifesaving anti-retroviral drug treatment for 7.7 million men, women, and children. We’re providing HIV testing and counseling to more than 14 million pregnant women. We’re training more than 140,000 new health care workers to deliver HIV and other health-related services in AIDS-affected countries.”

But the battle is not yet won, said Secretary Kerry. So the United States is intensifying the fight against this terrible disease, and introducing new strategies.

First, PEPFAR is collaborating with the Nike Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a $210 million public-private partnership to achieve an AIDS-free future for adolescent girls and young women in up to 10 countries.

Second, we will invest $116.5 million dollars to strengthen the capacity of health workers to deliver life-saving HIV services, and also help address other public health threats across Africa.

Third, through the Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment initiative, PEPFAR and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, over the next two years, we will double the total number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment across ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We are also working with our partners, to accelerate the development of new pediatric medicines.

Fourth, PEPFAR and the Millennium Challenge Corporation are partnering to invest $21.5 million toward creating country-driven local data hubs that will include data critical to controlling the epidemic, including health, poverty, and gender data, and will be used to improve strategic planning, and quality of care.

“The United States commitment to combatting HIV/AIDS through PEPFAR and our longstanding support of the Global Fund is as undiminished as our work is unfinished. We can achieve an AIDS-free generation,” Said Secretary Kerry. “We can and we will defeat this horrific disease.”

词汇解析

issue

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.议题；问题；期刊号；一次发行额；发行；<律>子女

v.发表；公布；正式发给；发行；流出

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Parliament will debate the nationalization issue next week.

议会将在下周辩论国有化议题。

The new issue will be divided into four tranches.

新一批发行的债券分为四部份。

用作动词 (v.)

New members will be issued with a temporary identity card.

新成员将配发临时身分卡。

Banknotes of this design were first issued 10 years ago.

这种图案的钞票是十年前首次发行的。

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governor

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.统治者；管理者；理事；州长；总督；调节器

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The mob revolted against the governor.

暴民起来反抗统治者。

Heron's regulator, Drebbel's thermostat, and Watt's governor bestowed on their vessels a wisp of self-control, sensory awareness, and the awakening of anticipation.

海伦的调节器，德雷贝尔的恒温器，还有瓦特的调控器所给予他们的机器的，是一小束自我控制能力，感官上的醒觉状态，以及对预期能力的唤醒。

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passive

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.被动的；消极的

n.被动性

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

He played a passive role in the marriage.

他在婚姻中扮演了一个被动的角色。

用作名词 (n.)

Good is the passive that obeys reason.

善是服从理智的被动性。

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collection

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.收集；收取，托收；聚集；收藏品；募捐

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The collection of these stamps took ten years.

收集这些邮票花了十年时间。

The firm contributed 10,000 to the collection.

公司拿出10,000元做为募捐。

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reality

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.真实；现实；实际

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

He describes the scene with startling reality.

他对那景象的描述逼真得令人惊讶。

It seems as if he knew everything, but in reality, he is as stupid as can be.

他似乎是个万事通,其实他是再愚蠢不过了。

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tribe

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.部落；族；一伙人

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

A council of elders governs the tribe.

有个叫长老会的组织治理这个部落。

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oppose

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

v.反对；对抗；使对立

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

It was courageous of him to oppose his chief.

他敢反对他的上司，真是勇敢。

We're firmly opposed to the practice of powerpolitics between nations.

我们强烈反对在国与国之间实行强权政治。

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