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Other healers would use sharp instruments and try to cut their patients.
其他治疗师会使用锋利的工具，试图割伤他们的病人。
This too could spread HIV to the healer.
这也可能将艾滋病毒传播给治疗师。
Some healers use herbal medicine.
一些治疗师使用草药。
This treatment may actually make things worse.
这种治疗实际上可能会让病情变得更糟。
These treatments can speed up the progress of HIV in the body.
这些治疗方法可能会加快艾滋病毒在体内蔓延的进展。
And many healers believed they could cure HIV on their own.
许多治疗师相信他们可以自己治愈艾滋病毒。
But there is no cure for HIV.
但艾滋病毒是无法治愈的。
That is why educating traditional healers about HIV is so important.
这就是为什么对传统治疗师进行艾滋病毒教育非常重要。
It is important for their own health and the health of the people they treat.
这对他们自己和其患者的健康都很重要。
Now many traditional healers, like Philip, send some of their patients to a doctor if they recognize signs of HIV.
现在，像菲利普这样的许多传统治疗师，如果他们发现艾滋病毒的迹象，就会把一些病人送去看医生。
For example, Philip once had a patient named David.
例如，菲利普曾经有一个病人叫大卫。
Philip saw signs of HIV.
菲利普看到了艾滋病毒的迹象。
So he told David that he should see a doctor.
因此，他告诉大卫，他应该去看医生。
Now David takes anti-retroviral drugs, medicine for HIV.
现在大卫正在服用抗逆转录病毒药物，也就是治疗艾滋病毒的药物。
These drugs will not cure David.
这些药不能治好大卫。
But they will help him live a longer, happier life.
但它们将帮助他活得更长、更幸福。
David felt good about seeing a doctor.
大卫看了医生，感觉很好。
“In the past, I have had very little faith in Western medicine.
“过去，我对西医没什么信心。
I chose to depend on natural herbal treatments for my sickness.
我选择用天然草药治疗我的疾病。
If I had not been told to go see a doctor I would have never gone.”
要不是有人叫我去看医生，我绝对不会去。
Thanks to Philip, the traditional healer, David is receiving good treatment for HIV.
多亏了传统治疗师菲利普，大卫正在接受艾滋病病毒的良好治疗。
Programs educating traditional healers about HIV are very important.
对传统治疗师进行艾滋病毒教育的项目非常重要。
These programs help to stop the spread of this deadly virus.
这些项目有助于阻止这种致命病毒的传播。
And these programs have become more and more popular with traditional healers.
而这些项目也越来越受到传统治疗师的欢迎。
Traditional healers who receive HIV training believe they have an important role.
接受艾滋病毒培训的传统治疗师相信自己能发挥重要作用。
They know that they can help control the spread of HIV in their communities.
他们知道，他们可以帮助控制艾滋病毒在他们社区的传播。
That is because most community members see the healer before going to a clinic or a hospital.
这是因为大多数社区成员在去诊所或医院之前都会去看治疗师。
In South Africa four out of five people see a traditional healer.
在南非，80%的人会去看传统治疗师。
So, traditional healers are important in encouraging people to see a doctor.
因此，传统治疗师在鼓励人们去看医生方面起重要作用。
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