HIV在亚太地区青少年中悄悄蔓延

Children's Fund (UNICEF) report backed by two years of research says increasing HIV infections among adolescents has triggered alarms of a new epidemic.

联合国儿童基金会根据两年的研究发布报告说，青少年中间HIV感染率的上升，触发了一个新的流行病，令人警觉。

The researchers warn that Asia Pacific nations in particular are facing a sharp rise in the incidence of HIV among adolescents, especially among key populations in urban centers, marking a worrying step back at a time when the global incidence of HIV has been falling.

联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)警告说，亚太各国面临青少年艾滋病病毒(HIV)感染率急剧上升的现象。特别是都市中心的关键人口群体。在全球HIV感染病例一直在下降之际，亚太各国不降反升，这一倒退趋势令人担忧。

Wing-Sie Cheng, a regional UNICEF adviser on HIV and AIDS, says the cause for concern lies with the dramatic 120 percent increase in deaths among adolescents since 2000.

联合国儿童基金会HIV和艾滋病项目的亚太地区顾问郑咏诗(Wing-sie Cheng)说，令人担忧的原因是，自从2000年以来，青少年的死亡病例增加了120%之多。

"Asia Pacific is facing a hidden epidemic of HIV among teenagers and it is hidden because testing cannot really be put on teenage people under the age of 18, primarily because there's a guideline that they have to obtain parental consent," he said.

她说：“亚太地区正面临HIV在十几岁青少年中间隐蔽流行的问题，之所以隐蔽，是因为十几岁的人实际上不能接受测试，主要原因是有关指导原则要求测试必须征得家长同意。”

While the vast majority of people under the age of 20 are at low risk for HIV, prevalence is reaching double digits among key adolescent populations in Hanoi, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Mumbai and cities in China.

这份报告说，虽然20岁以下人口中的绝大多数感染HIV的风险较低，但在河内、曼谷、清迈、孟买以及中国的一些城市，关键的青少年人口群体中的发生率却极高，达到两位数。

Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam are where the HIV burden among adolescents is most significant.

柬埔寨、中国、印度、缅甸、巴基斯坦、巴布亚新几内亚、菲律宾和越南是都市青少年人口中HIV感染问题最严重的。

According to the study, the number of adolescents living with HIV in Indonesia has reached more than 40,000, followed by Thailand at almost 10,000.

在印度尼西亚，联合国的这份报告估计，携带HIV病毒的十几岁的青少年超过4万人，其次是泰国，人数近1万。

Across the region the U.N. says there are around 220,000 adolescents altogether living with HIV.

在亚太各地，联合国说，总共有大约22万名二十岁以下的青少年携带HIV。

Wing-Sie Cheng says the trend points to an epidemic among the adolescent age group in new infections.

郑咏诗说，这一趋势表明，青少年人口群体中的新增感染例已成为一种流行病。

"(The)50,000 number tells you that there is an epidemic among this age group," she said. "So therefore the challenge is really to get governments to really come up with adolescent sensitive response to this group."

她说：“他们构成的比例相当大，有15%，数字达5万，这样的事实告诉大家，在这个年龄段的人口群体中，出现了流行病。因此，真正的挑战是让政府能够体会青少年的特殊情况，针对这一群体拿出相应的回应方式。”

The report is calling on governments to develop better data on adolescents, strategies for HIV prevention and adolescent-specific laws and policies. The report adds that just 10 countries in the region have laws and policies that enable independent consent for young people to access HIV testing and other services.

这份报告呼吁政府更好地收集有关青少年的数据，并制定出更好的预防HIV的战略以及专门针对青少年的法律和政策。报告还说，亚太地区只有10个国家有相关的法律和政策允许青少年自行同意接受HIV检测和其它服务。