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【社会人文】非洲：运动&艾滋病－对儿童的潜在
Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
October 18, 2006
Posted to the web October 18, 2006
Michael Addo
OUT OF the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the world today, 2.5 million people infected are children under the age of 15.
And most of these live in developing countries where access to anti-retroviral medication, which has been prolonging the lives of people with HIV/AIDS in the developing world, is not accessible.
Similar to malaria, HIV is preventable provided that people are empowered with the knowledge and skills about the true nature of the infection and the effective means for its prevention.
According to Right to Play, an NGO that seeks to promote sports in children, young girls, children and women are vulnerable to HIV due to economic and political instability, use of rape as weapon in wars, displacement of large groups of people, myths, violation of women and children's rights, and often the low societal position of these people.
It is surprising that the majority of people with HIV in the world today are female, and more than half of those newly infected are young people between the ages of 15 and 24, noted the NGO.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Mr. Toshiyuki Niwa, has emphasized the importance of sports and awareness in combating the HIV pandemic in young people.
He said due to the immense popularity of sports, "sport-related organizations and leagues are uniquely poised to spread critical knowledge and prevention messages to increase young people's access to services to teach life skills, to bring communities together, and particularly to address young people in a language they understand".
He shared UNICEF's approach to young development and HIV/AIDS, which is based on "ensuring that young people have the knowledge, the skills, the services and a supportive environment to protect them from HIV/AIDS and develop to their full potential."
Mr. Niwa cited that in Rwanda, UNICEF was working closely with Right to Play and some other organizations to facilitate integration of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children into their local communities through participation in sport activities.
"In recognition of the power and potential of sports as a fundamental element in the healthy and holistic development of children and youth, UNICEF is incorporating the power and potential of sports, recreation and play into our country programmes in partnership with government, civil society and NGOs," he said.
According to the Deputy Executive Director, "Our goal is to leverage the enormous potential of sport to assist in the achievement of objectives in child health, education, protection, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention."
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想试着翻一下 非洲：运动和艾滋病—对儿童的潜在影响
今天全世界四千万患有艾滋病的人中有250万人是还不到15岁的儿童。
这些儿童大部分生活在发展中国家，不能进行抗逆转录病毒的药物治疗，这种治疗方法在世界上已经用来延长艾滋病患者的生命。
跟疟疾相似，只要人们能够了解有关HIV感染的真正性质和有效预防方法的知识和技术，HIV也是可以预防的。
据Right to Play（一个寻求在儿童中促进运动的NGO）称，由于经济和政治的不稳定性，在战争中用强奸作为武器，大群人口的迁移，迷信，对妇女和儿童的权利的侵害以及这些人通常社会地位较低，使得年轻女孩、儿童和妇女容易感染HIV。
NGO指出，令人惊奇的是，今天世界上大多数感染HIV的患者都是女性，而且那些新感染HIV的患者有一半以上都是年龄在１５到２４岁之间的年轻人。
同时，the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Toshiyuki Niwa先生强调了运动和在年轻人中普及抗击HIV意识的重要性。
他说由于运动的广泛普及性，与运动有关的组织和团体单独被指定传播关键知识和预防信息，以增加年轻人获取生活技能知识服务的途径，把各种团体结合在一起，特别是用一种年轻人能够理解的语言讲给他们。
他同意UNICEF关于年轻人的发展和HIV/AIDS的方法，这个方法基于“保证年轻人拥有保护自己远离HIV/AIDS的知识、技能、服务和有利的环境，并且把这些最大限度的发挥出来”。
Niwa先生指出，在卢旺达UNICEF与Right to Play及其他一些组织密切合作，以便患有艾滋病的孤儿及其他易感儿童通过参加运动活动更容易融入当地的社团。
他说：“认识到运动作为一种基本元素对于儿童和年轻人的健康和整体发展的威力和潜力，UNICEF正合并运动、娱乐的威力和潜力，与政府、社会和NGO合作，共同参与国家的计划。
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