大学疾病类英语作文求一篇疾病类英语作文 大概八百到一千字

大学疾病类英语作文求一篇疾病类英语作文 大概八百到一千字
大学疾病类英语作文
求一篇疾病类英语作文 大概八百到一千字

大学疾病类英语作文求一篇疾病类英语作文 大概八百到一千字
Today is World AIDS Day.It marks an internationally recognised event aimed at raising awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world.Across the globe,the event is commemorated in a multitude of ways,collectively symbolised by the wearing of red ribbons,a sign of support for those living with HIV.
The red ribbon,one of the most iconic images in use today,has been an international symbol of AIDS awareness since 1991 after the Red Ribbon Project was created by New York-based organisation Visual AIDS.
According to the World AIDS Day website,wearing a red ribbon for World AIDS Day is a "simple and powerful way" to show support and challenge the stigma and prejudice surrounding HIV and AIDS that often prevents us from tackling HIV in the UK and internationally.
Facing the reality
This year,in the UK,the theme for World AIDS Day focuses on the reality of living with HIV today.The UK campaign uses real people and real situations to present true accounts of how HIV affects people in modern day Britain.It is designed to dispel some of the myths,misinformation,confusion and unwarranted sigma that surrounds HIV.
Outside of the UK,Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,the French first lady,has spoken out today about her work as an AIDS ambassador for The Global Fund.In an interview with BBC television,she explains how it is "unfair" that women and children in the developing world often miss out on treatment for HIV,stressing that much work is needed to help those children who are HIV positive because the virus has been passed on from their mother.Bruni-Sarkozy also cited the British Prime Minster's wife,Sarah Brown,as an inspiration for her work on tackling AIDS awareness in the UK.
In New York,award-winning musician Alicia Keys is scheduled to perform a free concert for World AIDS Day tonight.The concert will be broadcast live on the artist's official YouTube channel and all proceeds from the concert will go to Keys' charity Keep A Child Alive.
Meanwhile,in Detroit,World AIDS Day will be recognised in a special music program aimed at encouraging Detroit youth to make correct choices when it comes to health and sex.The Hip-Hop and R&B project,Lifestoryz State of Emergency,is sponsored by the city's health department,Michigan Department of Community Health,and Wayne County Health Department.
According to reports,participants of the workshop at Detroit's Northwest Activities Center will get free and confidential HIV testing and various health screenings.
Such moves are just a few examples of some of the things being implemented today to raise awareness about AIDS and HIV on an international scale.
Progress
For all the campaigning underway,there is some good news.According to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic,the world is,at last,making some real progress in its response to the disease.
The report explains how governments across the globe are now acting on promises made at the 2006 United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS,to ramp up universal access to HIV prevention,treatment,care,and support by 2010.According to the report,as of 2008,a small number of countries are already providing universal access to anti-retroviral treatment and to services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
However,almost 30 years into the epidemic,the report also stresses how AIDS continues to challenge all of our efforts.For every two people who start taking anti-retroviral drugs,another five become newly infected.According to the UNAIDS report,unless we take urgent steps to intensify HIV prevention,we will fail to sustain the gains of the past few years,and universal access will simply be a noble aspiration.
Out of reach
Twelve years ago,along with other researchers,director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,Anthony Fauci,concluded that AIDS could be destroyed in all but a few pockets in the body.According to the researchers,if the virus could be killed or neutralised in these pockets,known as "viral reservoirs",AIDS would be cured.
Now,in private conversations,small meetings,and medical journals,leading researchers are calling for a renewed focus on eradicating the AIDS virus.But,for the pharmaceutical industry to really cure AIDS,funding must be available for promising research projects on a continuing basis.
And today,on World AIDS Day 2009,we find ourselves getting closer and closer to a cure.The stakes are extremely high.In the interim,however,with a cure still just out of reach,informed decisions can help keep infections at bay.
Take a look at the accompanying slideshow,which explores the history of the AIDs epidemic in more detail.