为艾滋高危人群“松绑”(望海楼)
2011-02-19 05:46:00 来源: 人民日报海外版(北京)
国务院日前下发关于进一步加强艾滋病防治工作的通知。通知提出,力争到2015年重点地区和重点人群疫情快速上升的势头得到基本遏制,到2020年全国疫情得到较好控制,继续保持低流行水平。
我国艾滋病流行形势依然严峻,目前防治工作面临艾滋病传播方式更加隐蔽,性传播已成为主要传播途径,男男性行为传播上升明显等新情况,防治任务十分艰巨。
艾滋病作为一种传染病,“控制传染源、切断传播途径、保护易感人群”的防控策略同样适用。而我国防艾工作的难点在于,高危人群却一直不愿浮出水面,无法最大限度发现艾滋病病毒感染者。
艾滋病流行与人的行为、社会环境等诸多因素密切相关,不再是一个简单的医学问题,而转化为一个严重的社会问题。仅仅依靠医学研究的力量,艾滋病病毒是无法被彻底遏制的。近年来,男男同性恋人群成为重点干预人群,艾滋病在此人群中最严重的地方感染率在10%以上。由高危人群向普通人群扩散中,男男同性恋者发挥着“桥梁”作用。
男大当婚,女大当嫁。在中国,同性恋要过第一道关就是婚姻关。绝大多数同性恋者屈从于父母和社会的压力,过着双性的生活。尽管中国法律没有明令禁止同性恋,但他们躲在黑暗中被形象地称为“柜中人”。这种不敢“光明正大”的性行为无法得到安全保障,男男同性恋人群艾滋病感染阳性比例逐年升高。据统计,男性同性传播新发感染在所有新发感染中的比例,从2007年的12.2%猛增至32.5%,成为2009年新发感染的重要途径。
艾滋病感染者和患者,作为传染源应当最大限度地得到管理和控制。对艾滋病感染者的歧视还没有完全消除,特别是对男男同性恋群体,带有明显道德歧视的成分。由于害怕歧视,担心暴露,他们不愿主动接受病毒检测,致使大量的患者未被发现,这无疑增加了艾滋病病毒传播的风险。他们不明不白地感染艾滋病,不知不觉地传播给配偶,艾滋病在无声无息中蔓延扩散。
男男同性恋者艾滋病检测阳性比例偏高的事实,再次提醒我们:家庭认同和社会宽容一个都不能缺。消除歧视的坚冰,揭去道德的标签,真诚地关爱艾滋病患者,让他们重回社会。吴幼坚是一位普通的母亲,她的儿子被称作“公开同性恋者身份第一人”。作为妈妈,她勇敢地和儿子站在一起!她成为中国首位公开支持同性恋的母亲。既然很理直气壮地说儿子没干错事、坏事,那又怎么能把这看成是“丑事”呢?对待同性恋,我国社会变得更加包容,同性恋不再被归类为性变态,现在被普遍接受的称谓是性心理障碍,这样更加符合国际精神疾病诊断标准。
“鸡尾酒”疗法的问世,将艾滋病病毒从“死刑”转变为一种可治疗的慢性疾病。遏制艾滋病,控制其蔓延,将是我们的一项长期任务。防艾不仅要在科学上普及艾滋病的防治知识,更要从社会道德层面为艾滋病病毒感染者和患者“松绑”,给予他们充分的人道关怀。这样不仅会增加他们抗争病魔的信心和力量,也会让他们勇敢地浮出水面,最大限度地推动全社会防艾工作进程。
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HIV risk groups for the "relaxed" (Wanghai)
2011-02-19 05:46:00 Source: People's Daily (Beijing)
The State Council recently issued to further strengthen AIDS prevention and control of the notification. Notice, proposed, and strive to focus on key areas and by 2015 the epidemic among the basic momentum of rapid increase in containment, 2020, get a better control of the national epidemic and continue to maintain a low prevalence level.
China's AIDS epidemic is still severe, the current spread of AIDS prevention and control work is facing a more subtle way, sexual transmission has become a major route of transmission, MSM transmission increased significantly and so the new situation, prevention and control very difficult task.
AIDS as an infectious disease, "控制传染源, cut off the transmission, protection of vulnerable populations," the prevention and control strategies apply. The difficulty lies in China's AIDS prevention work, high-risk groups have been reluctant to emerge, not to maximize the detection of HIV infection.
AIDS epidemic and human behavior, social environment, and many factors are closely related, is no longer a simple medical problem, and transformed into a serious social problem. Rely solely on the strength of medical research, HIV can not be completely stem. In recent years, men and gay men become the focus of intervention groups, AIDS in this population where the most serious infection rate of 10% or more. From high risk groups to the general population, male gay play "Bridge".
When men and marriage, a girl, once married. In China, homosexuality is related to the first marriage had shut. Most gays give in to pressure from parents and society, living double of life. Although Chinese law does not explicitly prohibit homosexuality, but they hide in the dark, is vividly called the "counter human." This not "above board" safety and security can not be sex, gay men and HIV-positive population ratio increased year by year. According to statistics, male homosexual transmission of all new infections in the proportion of new infections, from 12.2% in 2007 soared to 32.5% in 2009 to become an important way of new infections.
AIDS and patients, as the source of infection should be managed to maximize and control. Discrimination against people living with HIV has not completely eliminated, especially for male gay community, with a significant element of moral discrimination. Fear of discrimination, fear exposure, they do not want to take the initiative to accept the virus, resulting in a large number of patients with undetected, it will increase the risk of HIV transmission. Their HIV infection for no apparent reason, unknowingly transmitted to the spouse, the spread of AIDS in the silent spread.
MSM testing positive for the high proportion of AIDS facts, once again reminds us: a family identity and social tolerance can not be missing. Ice to eliminate discrimination, thrown off moral labels, sincerely care for AIDS patients so that they return to society. Wu Youjian is an ordinary mother, her son was called "the first person to openly gay identity." As a mother, her courage and his son stand together! She became the first publicly supported gay mother. Since the very confidently say that his son did not do wrong, bad things, then how to get it as a "scandal" it? Treatment of homosexuality, our society has become more inclusive, homosexuality is no longer classified as a sexual perversion, the title is now generally accepted that psychological barriers, such diagnosis of mental illness is more in line with international standards.
"Cocktail" therapy available, the AIDS virus from the "death" into a treatable chronic disease. Curb AIDS and control its spread, will be one of our long-term task. AIDS prevention not only in universal access to AIDS prevention and treatment of scientific knowledge, but also from social and moral aspects of the HIV infected persons and patients with "relaxation", give them adequate humanitarian care. This will not only increase their confidence in disease resistance and strength, but also make them the courage to come to the surface to maximize the AIDS prevention work to promote the process of the whole society.