2018年世界艾滋病日主題：知曉自己的HIV感染狀況

　　2018年12月1日，世界艾滋病日將迎來它的第30周年。今年的第31屆世界艾滋病日的主題被確定為“知曉自己的HIV感染狀況”。

　　自1988年以來，全球艾滋病防治工作取得了重大進展。截止2017年底，有3/4的艾滋病毒感染者知曉自己的艾滋病毒感染狀況。

　　但是，正如聯合國艾滋病規劃署最新報告所指出的，我們還有很長的路要走。

　　這其中包括發現并接觸那些尚不了解自己的艾滋病毒感染狀況的感染者，確保他們可以及時享有優質的衛生和預防服務資源。

　　艾滋病毒檢測對于艾滋病抗病毒治療擴大化以及確保所有艾滋病毒感染者過上健康快樂的生活來說至關重要。

　　另一方面，進行病毒檢測對于實現90-90-90目標并賦予人們選擇接受艾滋病預防服務的能力來說，也是至關重要的。

　　知曉自己的HIV感染狀態并及時接受預防和治療服務，可以使得人們可以有效保護自己和親人。

　　不幸的是，獲得艾滋病毒檢測服務依舊存在許多障礙。

　　其中，污名化和歧視便會阻止人們去接受艾滋病毒檢測。如何獲取隱私得到保護的艾滋病毒檢測仍然是一個值得關注的問題。

　　這些阻礙的存在，使得許多人在生病和(或)出現癥后才去接受艾滋病毒檢測。

　　可喜的是，有許多新方法可以擴大艾滋病毒檢測服務的可及性。

　　例如艾滋病毒自我檢測、基于社區的檢測以及多病毒檢測等都有助于人們知曉自己的艾滋病病毒感染狀況。

　　現階段，我們必須擴大艾滋病毒檢測服務覆蓋范圍。為此，我們需要堅定的政治意愿和資源投入，以及充分利用并擴展創新的艾滋病毒檢測方法。

　　今年的世界艾滋病日，加入我們一起來提高對知曉自身艾滋病毒感染狀況的重視，并呼吁消除所有獲取艾滋病毒檢測服務時面臨的障礙吧！

　　World AIDS Day 2018 theme encourages everyone to know their HIV status

　　This year's theme for World AIDS Day, which will be marking its 30th anniversary on 1 December, will be "Know your status".

　　Significant progress has been made in the AIDS response since 1988, and today three in four people living with HIV know their status. But we still have miles to go, as the latest UNAIDS report shows, and that includes reaching people living with HIV who do not know their status and ensuring that they are linked to quality care and prevention services.

　　HIV testing is essential for expanding treatment and ensuring that all people living with HIV can lead healthy and productive lives. It is also crucial to achieving the 90–90–90 targets and empowering people to make choices about HIV prevention so they can protect themselves and their loved ones.

　　Unfortunately, many barriers to HIV testing remain. Stigma and discrimination still deters people from taking an HIV test. Access to confidential HIV testing is still an issue of concern. Many people still only get tested after becoming ill and symptomatic.

　　The good news is that there are many new ways of expanding access to HIV testing. Self-testing, community-based testing and multidisease testing are all helping people to know their HIV status.

　　HIV testing programmes must be expanded. For this, we need political will and investment, as well as novel and innovative approaches to HIV testing that are fully leveraged and taken to scale.

　　Join us this World AIDS Day in raising awareness about the importance of knowing one's status and calling for the removal of all barriers to accessing HIV testing.

　　About World AIDS Day

　　World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, every year United Nations agencies, governments and civil society join together to campaign around specific themes related to AIDS.

　　(來源：聯合國艾滋病規劃署)