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自25年前全球首例艾滋病病例公布以来,艾滋病改变了世界:它导致2500万人丧生,4000多万人遭受感染。目前,艾滋病已成为世界上15～59岁人群的头号杀手;它使人类发展历史遭受了幅度最大的逆转,也是当代人面临的最严峻挑战。多年以来,国际社会为防治艾滋病作出了积极的努力,防治工作也有所进展;但艾滋病在全球范围内的传播仍未得到有效控制。自美国1981年确诊首例艾滋病患者以来,艾滋病病毒(HIV)在全球范围内的传播速度惊人。根据联合国艾滋病规划署(UNAIDS)和世界卫生组织(WHO)2006年11月21日共同发布的《2006年世界艾滋病报告》,2006年全球新增艾滋病病毒感染者430万,使艾滋病病毒感染者总数高达3950万,全球又有290万人死于艾滋病。拉美地区亦是目前受艾滋病影响最严重的地区之一。截至2005年底,该地区的HIV感染者总数
Since the world’s first AIDS case was published 25 years ago, AIDS has changed the world: it has killed 25 million people and infected more than 40 million people. At present, AIDS has become the number one killer in the world for 15- to 59-year-olds. It has caused the greatest reversal in the history of human development and is also the most serious challenge facing the present generation. Over the years, the international community has made active efforts to combat AIDS and its prevention and control work has progressed. However, the spread of AIDS on a global scale has not yet been effectively controlled. Since the first confirmed case of AIDS in the United States in 1981, the spread of HIV has been phenomenal worldwide. According to the 2006 World AIDS Report jointly released by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 21, 2006, 4.3 million new HIV infections were newly added globally in 2006, bringing the total number of people living with HIV As high as 39.5 million, another 2.9 million people die of AIDS worldwide. Latin America is also one of the areas most affected by AIDS. As of the end of 2005, the total number of HIV-infected people in the area