Project launched to protect women from AIDS

时间：2007-07-14 02:30:11

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Chinanews, Kunming, Jul. 13 – Yunnan Provincial1 Bureau of Health revealed on Wednesday that a project had been launched in Yunnan to protect women from AIDS. The one-year project will help 80% of women in Yunnan get some basic knowledge of AIDS.

 

Yunnan has been seriously hit by AIDS in recent years. There were 34 thousand HIV-infected patients and 48 thousand AIDS patients from 2004 to 2006. Experts said that currently more women than ever in Yunnan are threatened by AIDS, and they are also the main force in the fight against the epidemic2.

 

The project comprises an educational program, aimed to help more women understand the seriousness of AIDS infection.

 
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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

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