Needham D
McMaster University Hamilton.
CMAJ. 1996 Jul 1;155(1):91-2.
While completing a recent medical elective in the Central African country of Malawi, medical student Dale Needham learned firsthand that HIV/AIDS represents a true pandemic in Africa. By the end of 1993, Malawi had the continent's highest per capita number of cumulative reported AIDS cases. Although Canadian physicians have had their own struggles helping patients with HIV/AIDS, many more battles are being fought in countries like Malawi, where financial resources are limited. In Africa, HIV-positive people of all ages suffer incredibly from diseases such as protein energy malnutrition, tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis. Primary health care programs, education in the primary schools and community awareness and support are partial answers to the pandemic.
在中非国家马拉维完成最近一次医学选修课程期间，医学生戴尔·尼德姆亲身体会到，艾滋病毒/艾滋病在非洲是一场真正的大流行病。到1993年底，马拉维的人均累计报告艾滋病病例数在非洲大陆位居榜首。尽管加拿大医生在帮助艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者方面也有自己的困难，但在像马拉维这样资源有限的国家，人们面临着更多挑战。在非洲，各个年龄段的艾滋病毒呈阳性者都饱受蛋白质能量营养不良、结核病和隐球菌性脑膜炎等疾病的折磨。初级卫生保健项目、小学教育以及社区宣传与支持，只是应对这场大流行病的部分解决办法。
