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<TD class=a2><FONT color=#840084>[双语新闻]</FONT>非洲举行艾滋病大会 会议聚焦经费使用问题<br> Africans Meet in Nigeria to Share News on HIV/AIDS </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD class=a1 height=5><FONT color=#0008ff><STRONG>摘要：</STRONG> <br> 第14届非洲艾滋病与性病国际会议12月4日在尼日利亚首都阿布贾开幕。非洲艾滋病防治专家、科研工作者及其他一些为抗击艾滋病在非洲大陆蔓延而做出努力的相关人士出席了会议。在为期6天的会议中，与会人员将共同分享有关非洲艾滋病防治情况的最新信息和想法。 <br> African scientists and others involved in the fight against HIV/ AIDS in the worst-hit continent opened a conference on Sunday in the Nigerian capital to pool the latest information and ideas.</FONT> <br>
第14届非洲艾滋病与性病国际会议12月4日在尼日利亚首都阿布贾开幕。非洲艾滋病防治专家、科研工作者及其他一些为抗击艾滋病在非洲大陆蔓延而做出努力的相关人士出席了会议。在为期6天的会议中，与会人员将共同分享有关非洲艾滋病防治情况的最新信息和想法。 <br>
据路透社12月5日报道，会议组织者表示，以前的非洲国际艾滋病会议都把重点放在了提高人们对艾滋病流行性的认识上，现在问题的焦点则是找到一些可行的方法，以更好地利用艾滋病基金及更为有效地实施艾滋病防治计划。 <br>
联合国艾滋病规划署（UNAIDS）负责人彼得·皮奥特在会议开始前的新闻发布会上表示：“我们关注的首要问题就是让艾滋病经费发挥其应有的作用。” <br>
非洲艾滋病与性病国际会议主席费米·索因卡表示，此次会议不仅涉及相关的科学进展及预防和治疗措施，会议还会提出经费使用中的责任问题。目前，非洲接受到的数十亿艾滋病基金主要被用来支付艾滋病患者维持生命的药物费用，以及非洲各国关于艾滋病的教育培训活动。但由于政府机构网络复杂，且接受经费的非营利性组织多达数千家，因此很难清楚地掌握这些经费都用在何处。据专家表示，很多艾滋病防治计划的经费并没有到达急需帮助的患者手中。 <br>
联合国艾滋病规划署的相关资料显示，2005年，有超过300万非洲人新感染上HIV病毒，这占全球新感染人数的64％。撒哈拉以南非洲地区的人口只占全球人口的10％左右，但这一地区却集中了全球60％的艾滋病病毒感染者。针对这种情况，遭受艾滋病袭击最为严重的非洲大陆此时联合起来共同商讨抗击艾滋病的可行计划显得尤为重要。 <br>
非洲艾滋病与性病国际会议（ICASA）是1986年由一个非洲科学家团体发起的，会议每2年在非洲国家举行一次。 <br>
（国际在线独家资讯 王高山） <br>
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<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> African scientists and others involved in the fight against HIV/ AIDS in the worst-hit continent opened a conference on Sunday in the Nigerian capital to pool the latest information and ideas. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Organizers said that, while previous big international HIV/AIDS conferences aimed at raising awareness of the epidemic, the focus now is on finding ways to make better use of funds and implement projects more effectively. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> "Our number one concern is to make the money work," said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS, at a news conference just before the launch of the 14th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA). </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> More than 3 million Africans were newly infected with HIV in 2005 -- more than in any previous year for the continent, and representing 64 percent of all new infections globally, according to UNAIDS. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Sub-Saharan Africa has about 10 percent of the world's population but 60 percent of people living with HIV. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Femi Soyinka, president of ICASA, said that as well as topics like scientific advances and strategies for prevention and treatment, the conference would address the question of accountability in the use of funding for HIV/AIDS projects. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Africa receives billions of dollars in HIV/AIDS funding, mainly to pay for life-prolonging drugs and education campaigns on a continent where many national healthcare systems are broke and in tatters. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> But with a complex web of government agencies and thousands of NGOs receiving funding, it is difficult to know precisely how the money is used, and experts say a lot of it does not reach the people who need it most. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Soyinka did not say what form the discussion on accountability would take, or who would take part. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> ICASA was founded in 1986 by a group of African scientists. It is held every two years in African countries. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#840084> Organizers said this edition aimed to produce concrete recommendations that would be taken to a series of high-level meetings next year including a U.N. General Assembly session dedicated to HIV/AIDS</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>
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