潘基文：艾滋病防治取得進展有待穩固

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is praising the progress the world has made in combating AIDS, but warns "the gains remain fragile."

In a statement for Monday's World AIDS Day, Mr. Ban highlighted the importance of addressing gaps in access to treatment, particularly for children and young women who are not getting necessary care. He urged world leaders to do what is necessary to reach the goal of eradicating AIDS by 2030.

Worldwide, 35 million people are living with HIV, the virus the causes AIDS. The U.N. says 19 million of them do not know they are infected, and used World AIDS Day to call for closing the gap in testing and the availability of antiretroviral therapies.

Sub-Saharan Africa still accounts for more than 70 percent of the HIV-infected population, but new infections there have declined by one-third since 2005.

Meanwhile, infections have been rising during that period in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.聯合國祕書長潘基文讚揚國際社會在防治艾滋病方面取得了進展，但警告這種進展還是不穩固的。

星期一是世界艾滋病日，潘基文強調指出解決很多人得不到醫治這一問題的重要性，尤其是兒童和年輕女性得不到必需的醫護。潘基文敦促世界領導人採取必要措施，爭取達到在2030年根除艾滋病的目標。

目前世界上有3500萬艾滋病毒感染者。聯合國說，其中1900萬人不知道自己感染了艾滋病毒。在世界艾滋病日，聯合國呼籲普及艾滋病毒檢查和抗逆轉錄病毒治療。

70%以上的艾滋病感染者在撒哈拉以南非洲，但自2005年以來，該地區的新感染病例下降了三分之一。

與此同時，中東、北非、東歐和中亞地區的艾滋病感染者人數有所上升。