Greg Louganis: These were the trials
for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Until this dive, I had been ahead. But
now, something else was more significant than winning. I might have endangered
other divers’ lives if I have spilled blood in the pool. For what I knew—that
few others knew—was that I was HIV-positive. AIDS forced me to stop diving; I
had to quit diving professionally after the Olympics.
Margaret Chart: It is reported that almost three
million people in developing countries are now receiving drugs for HIV. This is
an increase of almost one million people from two thousand and six. Still, the
hope was to reach three million by two thousand and five. But antiretroviral
therapy, or ART, alone will not solve the problem. For every two persons we
manage to provide them with ART, another five persons get infected. So again, we
cannot underestimate the power of prevention. Paula
Green: The disease robs the body of its natural defenses
against infections. Almost seventy-five percent of people receiving HIV drugs
are in Africa. The drugs help patients live longer without developing AIDS. An
estimated nine million seven hundred thousand people in low and middle income
countries were in need of HIV treatment last year. However, by the end of the
year, just over thirty percent of them were getting it.
Raymond Chow: Price reductions can be a main method to
let more people with HIV, including more pregnant women, receive the drugs.
Also, delivery systems should be redesigned to better serve individual countries
and smaller health centers. And treatments should be simpler than in the
past. William Wang: Huge barriers still
remain in dealing with the AIDS epidemic. Getting patients to stay on their
therapy is difficult. There are still large numbers of people who do not get
tested for HIV. And there are many others who get tested too late and die within
months. What’s more, there is not enough joint treatment of HIV and the related
infections that most often kill AIDS patients. And still another problem is the
shortage of health care workers in the developing world. Now
match each of the items (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: There are two extra statements.
Statements [A] Some HIV-positive patients don’t
cooperate with doctors. [B] AID patient’s blood may be dangerous
to other people’s lives. [C] People are scared of
AIDS. [D] Treatment is more urgent than prevention.
[E] Many people can’t get HIV drugs because of poverty.
[F] More people get HIV treatment, but even more get infected.
[G] HIV drugs should be cheaper. William Wang