Recent evidence indicates that earlier ART will help people with HIV to live longer, healthier lives, and substantially reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others.
The move could avert an additional 3 million deaths and prevent 3.5 million more new HIV infections between now and 2025.
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新建议来自世卫组织《使用抗逆转录病毒药物治疗和预防艾滋病毒感染合并指南》。
The new recommendations are presented in WHO’s "Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection", as new data reveal a total of 9.7 million people were taking these lifesaving drugs at the end of 2012.
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世卫组织总干事陈冯富珍博士说：“该指南是我们努力实现更高目标和更大成就方面迈出的一大步。
“These guidelines represent another leap ahead in a trend of ever-higher goals and ever-greater achievements,” says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.
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现在全世界有近1000万人接受抗逆转录病毒治疗。
“With nearly 10 million people now on antiretroviral therapy, we see that such prospects – unthinkable just a few years ago – can now fuel the momentum needed to push the HIV epidemic into irreversible decline.”
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更早启动治疗
Call to initiatetreatment at 500 CD4 cells/mm³ or less
The new recommendations encourage all countries to initiate treatment in adults living with HIV when their CD4 cell count falls to 500 cells/mm³ or less – when their immune systems are still strong.