Treatment as Prevention¨

綜合報道 卑詩愛滋病/愛滋病毒卓越研究中心(BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS)與中國疾病控制與預防中心(Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention)，再次簽署協議，共同研究和改良愛滋病治療方法，中國疾控中心將繼續推廣使用由卑詩省研發的「治療如同預防」（Treatment as Prevention）的對抗愛滋病方法。 愛滋病卓越研究中心總監蒙塔納（Julio Montaner）透露，雙方正式簽署新一份諒解備忘錄，未來3年內，中國將會派出3個專家到卑詩省共同進行研究工作。 卑詩省與中國醫療機構的愛滋病研究合作關係早於2009年開始。直至2011年，中國疾控中心正式宣布，採用由卑詩省研發的「治療如同預防」愛滋病治療方法，成為全球首個採納這個方法作為全國對抗愛滋病政策的國家。 至2013年11月，中國疾控中心與卑詩省簽署首份諒解備忘錄，建立為期3年的愛滋病研究合作項目，中方每年派出專家到來本省學習及共同研究。

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