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HIV s slow retreat 艾滋病的缓慢退却 One of the world s worst plagues is giving ground 抗击艾滋病：显现曙光 THE timing of the pope s much-discussed change of position on the use of condoms toprevent the spread of HIV was surely no coincidence. 近期罗马教皇改变了其对于使用避孕套以防止艾滋病传播的立场，引来一片议论。这个时间绝非巧合。 He made it on November 21stten days before World AIDS Day and two before UNAIDS, theUnited Nations body charged with combating the epidemic, released its latest report on thestate of the battle. 他是本月21日向外界宣布的恰逢世界艾滋病日前十天，也是在两天后，负责抗击艾滋病的联合国机构联合国艾滋病规划署发布了其最新的艾滋病防治工作报告。 That report carries good news. 这份报告带来了好消息。 Though some 33m people are infected, the rate ofnew infections is fallingdown from 3.1m a year a decade ago to 2.6m in 2009. 纵使艾滋病毒感染人数已达3300万，但新增感染者的速度正在放慢从十年前的每年感染310万人降至2009年的260万人。 Moreover, as the map shows, the figure is falling fastest in many of the most heavilyinfected countries, especially those of sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-East Asia. | 
