【More Low-Cost AIDS Drugs Mean More People Treated】

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道ZWE0ZL@ZKs*Ic2B。

An American program called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief helps millions of people infected with HIV, the virus responsible for AIDS. PEPFAR is considered one of the most successful programs created during the presidency of George W. Bush. Its goal was to change HIV/AIDS from a death sentence to a disease that, while serious, could be treated. And for millions of people around the world, that is just what happened.
美国一个被称为“总统艾滋病紧急救援计划(PEPFAR)”的项目帮助了数百万艾滋病毒感染者，艾滋病毒是艾滋病的元凶Md]n_J]id5j#。PEPFAR项目被认为是乔治?W?布什总统任期内创建的最为成功的项目之一K&5_QvrKlQZ。它的目标是将艾滋病毒/艾滋病（HIV/AIDS）从死刑变为一种虽则严重但可以治疗的疾病!pyphP0RaOrs7。而对世界各地数百万人来说，这就是正在发生的事情Y5;oZMuWlN。

But researchers say it was not until PEPFAR started using generic drugs that major progress was made in fighting HIV/AIDS. Generic drugs are copies of medicines developed by large drug companies. But they often cost a lot less.
但研究人员称，直到PEPFAR项目开始使用仿制药，防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病方面才取得重大进展eEKvdREm|FUmJUNF#Zoe。仿制药是大型制药公司开发出来的药品的复制品，但他们的花费通常会少很多LZ9VDbMnKMQ。

Researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island studied the effectiveness of PEPFAR. Kartik Venkatesh was the lead author of a report on the study. He says the high cost of patented antiretroviral drugs had an immediate influence on the program after it began.
来自罗得岛州布朗大学的研究人员研究了PEPFAR项目的效益xKXq)anYcz7%N@。Kartik Venkatesh是这份研究报告的主要作者bYybF%lTamgd2Y%。他说，在该项目开始后，昂贵的抗逆转录专利药物对其产生了立竿见影的影响&R77=cl!1H。

American officials considered whether to provide patented drugs to HIV-infected patients, both in the United States and overseas. Dr. Venkatesh says some people believe that the drug industry wanted the government-financed program to use patented drugs.
美国官员考虑过是否向海内外的艾滋病毒感染者提供专利药物L%ZY%Ym3nE%@w。Venkatesh博士称，有些人认为，制药业希望这个政府资助项目使用专利药物d]3q*rm(Ngn@CejJL。

But generic drugs were shown to be effective in treating HIV as far back as two thousand three. Using generic drugs helped cut the cost of treating a person from about one thousand one hundred dollars a year to about three hundred dollars a year in two thousand five.
但是，早在2003年，仿制药就被证明是对治疗艾滋病毒有效的Y-r9W6a7|nhPHV.,d。2005年，使用仿制药帮助将艾滋病毒治疗成本从1100美元每年降低到300美元每年hzZdy~gE0mUJ2ZJ。

PEPFAR has also been able to save millions of dollars by reducing transportation costs -- for example, using ships instead of airplanes to move the drugs. Dr. Venkatesh says the PEPFAR model could be used in the fight against other diseases as developing countries begin seeing health problems that until recently had only been seen in richer countries.
PEPFAR项目还一直能通过降低运输成本节省了数百万美元^W,5^gI1-o)ht(。例如，使用船舶而不是飞机来运送药物~BDK&2gYQR9UKtd5。Venkatesh博士称，PEPFAR模型可以用于抗击其它疾病，这些疾病在发展中国家也开始被视为健康问题，直到最近它还只是被富裕国家视为健康问题,H+,USAQeyYzTN。

DR. KARTIK VENKATESH: “There is a movement towards understanding that the real and perhaps potentially larger burden in the future is also going to be chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes (and) cancer. And those are also diseases that require chronic, long-term medication. A lot can be learned from the experience about accessing generics for the treatment of HIV.”
DR. KARTIK VENKATESH：“目前趋向于认为，也许未来潜在的更大负担也将是慢性病，如心血管疾病、糖尿病（和）癌症iD5nxaP#V+wqN[。而这些都是需要长期服药的疾病n4*WvM*y9bA#,。从有关获取治疗艾滋病毒的仿制药方面有很多可以借鉴的经验0=I+B(2!j#。”

The Brown University researchers have proposed creation of a plan for what they call the “efficient and transparent” purchase of generic drugs. Planners would include the United States, the World Health Organization and the makers of generic drugs.
布朗大学的研究人员提出了建立他们所谓的“高效，透明”购买仿制药的计划354h5RuuiYIY.d。规划者将包括美国、世界卫生组织和仿制药制造商1qCv.hOki!。