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 Ho: the world's first to recognize that AIDS is caused by a virus, one of the scientists, he was the first to clarify the diversity of HIV replication. Based on this understanding, Ho and his colleagues developed the Has been used since 1996, which effectively reduce the global AIDS mortality. Ho recent years, China's AIDS prevention and other public health issues devoted more and more energy. He embodies the global perspective of a scientist of national identity and unity.

he first arrived in the United States in the youth, are being discriminated against because of poor English; now, he for the cause of public health in China to start learning Chinese. The Chinese American scientists in recent years to raise funds from overseas to China to promote his AIDS plan

text / Wu Yi Jing The eminent scientists to pursue a regular life. Every morning, Ho 7:40 to reach the office. First, he thought about the day to deal with the problem, then, and his team met to discuss the affairs of the day. In his spare time he loves to play tennis, table tennis and basketball, love to watch Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou and other great directors of Chinese film. His favorite books are biographies of great men.

because the R & D contribution. The most serious disaster in the epidemic - from blood selling in Henan village, a remote mountainous area of Yunnan, Xinjiang, will see the full humane care of the doctor, he learned the knowledge and compassion in the eyes of attention to the global AIDS.

aged 57, won the election can help curb the AIDS epidemic in China. to help China prevent the spread of AIDS is a major global public health responsibility. private channels to raise funds since 2005 in Kunming,Discount UGG boots, Yunnan with the > Over the past 5 years, 16 counties in Yunnan, David Ho of 400 mother and child for treatment. Through the 250 pregnant women infected with HIV be treated successfully prevent 248 babies were infected. The project annual budget of about 100 million U.S. dollars, he wants to put the success of the pilot program in Yunnan continue. He admitted that although the central there to promote the prevention and treatment of AIDS policy, but often at the local implementation of the deviation, or encounter resistance. >
when the AIDS outbreak in the United States began when the young Ho had just graduated from Harvard Medical School, who in 1981 returned to the University of California medical centers. At that time he lived in Los Angeles, witnessing the mysterious

decade ago when he visited the mainland in the He recalls this: said the Chinese government and people in the past ten years, knowledge of the situation of AIDS has made substantial progress, the relevant laws are constantly introduced and improved, but the social stigma has not been eliminated, so that patients receive treatment not public identity. To this end, he had combined with other AIDS charities on the mainland for a series of publicity activities to eliminate discrimination, including HIV infection, please NBA basketball star , have received very good social repercussions.

Ho said that China's AIDS control is being constantly compared to the year of international experts estimate the infection rate is low, to avoid a major disaster, showing the central and local government effectiveness. He hoped that China will accept more international aid, lower drug prices,UGGs, so that patients can receive treatment in rural areas.

Looking AIDS in the continent, he said the problem in Henan to sell blood has been brought under control, not too many new cases, but require long-term treatment for patients and health care. Yunnan as prostitution and drug problems and become a hotbed of the AIDS epidemic, while in Xinjiang because of shared needles for drug injection is the emergence of large-scale infection.

now, AIDS prevention groups around the world generally believe that homosexuals living in the big cities of the Ho said that the problem is particularly serious in China, for fear of discrimination by the society, China is already a lot of gay and heterosexual married, so the surface does not come out of their sexual orientation. But because they have multiple sexual partners, will greatly increase the risk of HIV transmission. Government needs to strengthen the community for the secret to AIDS.

grew up in Taiwan, Ho immigrating to the U.S. when young, had just arrived in the United States are being discriminated against because of poor English. Ho ordered the brothers and his parents learn English. Lost because of early Chinese, Ho decided to restore the middle-aged Chinese language, diligently learning. He admitted that on the Chinese poetry, literature is not deep, but deep inside I believe the Chinese culture can enrich lives. Time to time he would bring the children back home in Taiwan and Jiangxi roots, to experience Chinese culture.

as an overseas Chinese, Ho admitted that the achievements of China's reform and opening up, so that all Chinese proud. environmental and public health. there is a market-oriented factors. the poor rural population accounts for the majority of the Chinese, they do not have adequate protection of medical services. If you do not properly address these issues, public health burden enough to make China's development greatly reduced. br> Ho believes that China's leaders know that these problems,UGG shoes, but in the end how to solve, how much resources, which is a huge problem as well as special conditions of China. infectious disease experts, with special attention to AIDS in recent years, Ho has the same channels of hepatitis B infection. High hepatitis B infection rate the Chinese community, even in the United States, the Chinese Huanyi Gan chance than the general U.S. population 100-fold. Chinese in each of 10 there is a hepatitis B virus infection, people in Fujian, China, the new immigrant communities, the hepatitis B virus infection rate is as high as 30%.

hepatitis B is called the Because hepatitis B is common in Chinese society, so that liver cancer rates highest in all ethnic groups. Most Chinese are infected with hepatitis B from the mother. Ho pointed out that, if carried out in the community health clinic and more blood tests for pregnant women with HIV treatment and to take measures in the production, it can greatly reduce the chance of infant infection.

because his brother is hepatitis B, Ho empathy, from time to time the Chinese community in the United States called for hepatitis B prevention. He said: However, if the carrying hepatitis B virus, treatment should be discussed with the doctor and protection measures for their families. There is no way to completely cure hepatitis B, but the available drugs control the disease.

reputation in the medical field as an outstanding scientist, David Ho is natural to many problems and public health links, just talking about climate summit in Copenhagen curtain call, he thinks everyone is talking about climate issues time, ignoring another public health disaster. He warned that rising global temperatures will accelerate the spread of infectious diseases. disease. ★

Biography:

Ho, native of Jiangxi Xinyu, 1952 Born November 3, Taichung, Taiwan. He emigrated to the U.S. 12 years old Los Angeles, California. 1978 Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School. In 1981, Ho Mount Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles when the trainees come into contact with first discovered when a group of AIDS cases. In 1996,UGG boots, he first proposed by three or more of the combined use of antiviral drugs to treat AIDS. This highly active antiretroviral therapy is known as

recent years, Ho high incidence of AIDS in China, to run here, on China's AIDS prevention and public health painstaking efforts. November 2007, AIDS Research Center of Tsinghua University was established as director David Ho.

comments:

more energy into economic development than other areas - protection of the environment and public health.

if not handled properly, the burden on public health issues enough to make China's development greatly reduced. I believe that China's leadership people know these issues, but in the end how to solve, how much resources, which is a huge problem as well as China's special conditions. public health problem is not so obvious. but remember, for the development of a country National's health is most important.