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第3084期:How to treat tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS?
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Sibongile Zulu is among the 7.7 million south Africans who are HIV positive.
西邦吉莱·祖鲁是770万感染艾滋病毒的南非人中的一员。
She takes a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus.
她服用了一组抗逆转录病毒药物来抑制病毒。
When south Africa imposed a coronavirus lockdown in March, Zulu lost her job.
当南非在3月份实施新冠疫情封锁措施时,祖鲁失去了工作。
Weeks later her local clinic began to run short of some medication.
几周后,当地的诊所开始出现药物短缺。
I think for two months, I was using only one that I was supposed to use two. And if I don't use both of them, it's a big risk and I can get sick.
我想有两个月的时间,我只服用了一种药物,而我应该服用两种。如果我不同时服用两种药物,风险很大,我可能会生病。
Across the world doctors say the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns will likely hamper the fight against other killer diseases like tuberculosis or TB, malaria and HIV.
世界各地的医生表示,新冠疫情大流行以及随后实施的封锁措施可能会阻碍对抗结核病、疟疾和艾滋病等其他致命疾病的斗争。
Epidemiologist Dr Salim S. Abdool Karim advises the south African government on the coronavirus and has led research into other infectious diseases in Africa.
流行病学家萨利姆·阿卜杜尔·卡里姆博士就新冠疫情为南非政府提供建议,并领导了非洲其他传染病的研究。
People are scared to go to healthcare services. We have seen a decline in the number of tests for tuberculosis.
人们害怕去医疗服务机构。我们