UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Zhou Liu of China completed the interview
At 14:44 on August 19, 2009
Source: Sohu public
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Zhou Liu of China completed the interview
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Zhou Liu of China built a guest Sohu public
Moderator: Good evening my friends, welcome to Sohu public talk show guests, guests of our interview today, a guest room, three guests, one was just appointed as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS China, completed the weekly Mr. Liu, who at the same time CCTV9 is host.
Zhou Liu completed: Good.
Moderator: The United Nations AIDS Program, Assistant Project Officer Miss Li Qi.
Li Qi: Good.
Moderator: Another fight AIDS has been with the decade-long洪丹丹President, as a result of the current discrimination against AIDS is also widespread, so today will not face the camera Dandan, Dandan as everyone say hello to fight it.
洪丹丹: Good.
Have been several efforts to eliminate discrimination against AIDS. Completion of the first to ask, when AIDS began to pay attention?
Liu completed weeks: First of all I am very grateful for giving us this opportunity Sohu. I am concerned about AIDS a few years ago when I was a reporter, as a result of reasons, to participate in the SARS report, followed by reports of avian flu, following reports of AIDS, these types of disease, a common feature of is that it involves a lot of common in our society at large. Our people's concern, so I started to disease concerns. Before AIDS there are many other diseases, cancer, tuberculosis of these diseases, people are very afraid of the disease, fear of disease to death, but AIDS is different, in addition to the disease itself brings physical pain, was it considered a dirty disease, which is holding very strong sense of humiliation. These make me deeply feel that what I must do something, but I am not a doctor, not a researcher, I can not provide treatment, the vaccine can not be done, but I have my strengths, that is, I can convey information to the people, and I know messages to everyone, so that a better understanding.
Moderator: Dandan after HIV infection, there was a period of time world-weary, despair. What are the reasons you need to be other people from those who care into other care of them AIDS?
洪丹丹: I was later found infected with AIDS was not only the world-weary, but also lost faith in life. Locked himself in a small house, that is the mentality of waiting to die. Later, through the so-called grass-roots group, NGO Group for the first time to give me a call, let me join the various activities in these activities, I saw the other infected people have a good mentality. I see in them a special sunshine, positive psychology. Since then, I have slowly entered the NGO group. Because, after all, is someone to save me, I can, I think that other people in the most desperate to save from the edge of a cliff, I can to help the other infected persons. And then participated in the NGO group on some of the activities, and eventually became the backbone. Become the backbone of the future, I began to care about other infected persons, for example, to do something positive for the prevention of work to do some visits, care, follow-up of these infected people, as I am just beginning to be infected with the mentality, if they are such a friend I will use various methods to communicate with them. Since I participate in these groups, I also want to infection displayed a good attitude to society, because many people are not very understanding of this piece, also took part in our local volunteers and infected by the art of composition Mission. Our scope is to campus, authorities there, the community there, I think the purpose is to know I can give you, so that they truly understand our ways and AIDS-infected people to a better attitude display for everyone.
Moderator: built in Beijing for six years has been living?
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Liu completed weeks: there are in Hong Kong and China a total of nine, a decade.
Moderator: What do you before the way through to understand China's AIDS situation?
Liu completed weeks: I know you think I am a foreigner, I was born in the UK, I also grew up in the United Kingdom. But I feel that they are Chinese, so I do not think I am a foreigner living in China. Now I am a moderator, before I was a reporter, so I tend to go out, or know a lot of people understand that if I am not a journalist, a lot of things I do not know.
Like you, I work in the media, the opportunity to learn about many things. There are a host of others I had the opportunity to interview. For example, there is a very famous person, I would like to see him, I may have to be ready to call him, with him. Therefore, the case for AIDS, you are in the studio every day throughout the information received, you will certainly understand. Second, one or two years ago, many children from Henan, Hunan, Hubei, came to Beijing, my friend took them to Beijing tourism, at first I do not know these children have AIDS, or his parents have AIDS, we do not ask him . But my friends know, because he infected people like us. They are children, we eat with him, play with him, needless to say. However, I know.
Moderator: In your impression, do you think China's AIDS-infected people who face the biggest problem is what?
Liu completed weeks: China and other countries, AIDS has a lot of problems. But I think the biggest problem is discrimination. If you feel bad, you see a doctor, you do collect HIV virus, the doctor told me that I am sorry, sir, or Mrs. or Miss, you have AIDS, you have HIV. I feel sure that you are particularly afraid of. But I do not know which individuals are not the same, after a few days, few months later, after a few years, feel a little better because the doctor told you that you can eat some drugs can have a lot of support. It is the first question. But, I think that is relatively small, the biggest problem in the world, but also China, is discrimination. Because you know you have HIV, you are especially afraid of, why are you afraid of? Because you are afraid of your parents, your colleagues, your students know that after the discrimination against you, we at the United Nations, many of our friends all know that such examples can tell us Dandan.
Moderator: Dan-Dan, said that he built that is the biggest problem of discrimination, do you think so?
洪丹丹: I think that this piece of discrimination, I do too. Because I myself have been discriminated against by. Once at the hospital, my family took me to hospital. To the hospital later, we were too nice to see half of the time, we see a doctor out of the house, family members say you can wait a bit longer, I get to say a few words with the doctor. Do not know what they say, after the family, it tells me that we go, they do not give us to see here. I said how do you say to them? He said I told them you are AIDS, then they are not to read.
Moderator: You were looking at other disease?
洪丹丹: Yes, I was looking at a cold or other minor illnesses, not necessarily to go to hospital to see patients. I have just diagnosed with AIDS, I do not want the family to accept me at home, it is now accepted by me. Because I said, and others to promote, they have accepted. At that time, I am still discrimination, and I am eating a bowl of all, sub-chopsticks, drinking glasses of water I have to read the word of Dandan. This is my first-hand encounter. I know that's true also, that they are indeed human. I have a friend who is also infected, and his eyes were in the Spring when the firecrackers exploded in Beijing Tongren Hospital is not simply to look at, has been dragged on for more than a month after the eye treatment really, the last of the eye is blind, removed. In a hospital which is also one of my friends, is also an infection, she is a woman infected. She was hospitalized in this hospital, the doctor said, it is AIDS, you have to go to the toilet outside the toilet, do not use the toilet building. So I think a lot of this discrimination. This is what I know and I have experienced. Up to now with my son I dare not say that I am infected with AIDS. I can not imagine my son knows I have AIDS, he able to cope with these psychological pressure. If he can not afford one day, I fear, for example, if the pressures of the human spirit over, he may be, whether it is his object, his good friend, he trusted the people that say, these people left him , my son will be isolated. Therefore, I feel that this piece of discrimination in China, I understand it all too well. I am not the one to complain about the discrimination these people can only say that the people of knowledge about AIDS was not enough.
Moderator: Dandan completed encountered, how these things?
Liu completed weeks: others can not see now, but I can see Dandan, I see your face, I would like to tell you that you are very beautiful, you are very educated, you dress so nice. You are a mother, you have a child. So, like us, for example, the doctor that he did not see Dandan, he saw the AIDS. However, in the studio I now, I do not see that you have AIDS, I see you. I would like to say special thanks to you. Because I know you is not easy, not simple. I would particularly like, I do not know after a year or ten years, we re-recorded a show, I interview you, we interviewed you. You have the courage, you are not afraid of people to see your face, I is not afraid of you, Why do I have to be afraid of you? What I do not fear. After eating out if you want to, I will treat you to dinner. Sit a plate can also be a set of chopsticks, no problem, a glass of water. The most important problem is not with a meal or drink together, the most important question is whether we can be friends. Friends, after dinner. Six cities in China, the United Nations conducted a survey, many people do not want to work together with the infected food, drink together, live together. Also, do not work together, if the infection is the barber, not to his barber. If I can, you can be. This need not be afraid. So thank you, I know that is not easy, you do not cry, and we are now in your next, you have our phone calls, we can contact.
Moderator: We asked a lighter topic. Completion of the Planning Department as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, give us your primary responsibility is?
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Liu completed weeks: I would like to help Dandan to help infected people.
Moderator: In what form?
Liu completed weeks: I tell you, working together with friends in the media, in particular, with Sohu, you are the first network to give us support, so special thanks. To tell the people that need to be afraid of HIV, but you do not need to be afraid of infection. This is a separate issue, which is two meanings. I am a moderator, I have to write to the newspapers and, if so, I will each week, each manuscript is written inside. I used all my resources and capabilities, including television, including me in writing to the newspapers of the time, can not always tell the audience the majority of our community friends and my readers, do not be afraid of AIDS, do not be afraid of HIV-infected persons .
If we do not have HIV infection, we should for ourselves, for others the responsibility to take precautionary safety measures, we should take precautions. For example, condom use, sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual sexual intercourse or oral sex should use condoms as a protection, it is our own in society, responsibility to others. If there is such a dangerous act, or failed to take protective measures should be timely to detect the state of their own bodies. To timely correct their behavior, the use of security measures. If found out as soon as it is infected, but also for themselves to do something for themselves what doctors look for active help, to find the consultation, it is important that the infected persons and to establish other mutual support to see if they have experienced some of the living conditions of, this is for their great encouragement. We do not know, but had the disease, and then meet other people experiencing the same, we will gradually learn. I use the television programs, as well as my newspaper, as well as my FACEBOOK, there are happy net, so I know the importance of Sohu. We all know that Sohu, so that we can cooperate. The annual December 1 is World AIDS Day, but not on December 1, AIDS Day every day because 6700 people died every day, and every day around the world 75,000 new infections. Therefore, I do not want to quote too many figures, because the number of people, 6700 people, 6700 children, men, ladies, they are mother, father, child, sister, brother, you want this, you do not see that number, You look at individuals. Goodwill Ambassador, I am now, I can go to many places in the future, in Beijing, I have to go to India, Norway, the United States, Indonesia, Vietnam look infected. So I hope I can do the same in China, with the cooperation Dandan, I have a problem, if you have problems, you can call me, because I think you are very special, is my new friend.
Moderator: Dandan from your own experience, the completion of the work of any suggestions?
洪丹丹: I personally think that the earlier we mentioned that a piece of discrimination, we do so when the publicity should not be only 6.26 to 12.1 World Day against Drug Abuse and AIDS Day, as propaganda, it should usually let the world know that our mode of transmission of AIDS, so that all people are aware of AIDS is on your side. I also own the creation of a hotline to answer and so the areas of psychological support hotline. 15210129433,洪丹丹. I hope that in future some of my friends have this problem in the face of discrimination, or is experiencing psychological or unpleasant things, everything can be happy to give me a call to share.
Liu completed weeks: you can call me.
Moderator: This question is asked Li Qi, and you built in the appointment of Goodwill Ambassador for the time, is not taking into account his host, media background?
Li: This is certain, we feel that his own good work, the ability of speech. AIDS knowledge and information we have heard a number, we regard it as a medical knowledge to learn the same. But now, in the face of so many young people, in the face of the publicity work of adults, we need to have a more interactive way and need to have more affinity to our Goodwill Ambassador for the completion of this work, because we know if the doctor explain this, it is inevitable that it will put abstruse difficult to understand that we need them and the general public from those who are more friendly to convey this information. We are also the special needs of those of us infected with friends, because they have experienced all the life of all, let them tell their stories. About the audience for each run, the elimination of the minds of a misunderstanding or a deep-rooted memories of a chance error. Few people may have said that the audience may not hear on Dandan today when infected people do not even know where, or infected people in China think that is just a number.
Liu completed weeks: our friends do not see Dandan now, but the three of us, you know who has AIDS? May you have may I have, you do not know.
Li: This is a very important message, we say that we infected the minds of the impression that they are a long time ago on television from a number of screen shots, and we left the impression that these images allow us to wear a colored glasses to see some of us infected with friends, but to wear tinted glasses when we distinguish between them, those infected with friends sometimes do not take the initiative to tell you that I am an infected person. This created a vicious circle, we have more discrimination against infected people, infected people will not come out more. The more infected people do not go out of the public misconceptions about AIDS will be deeper. Therefore, we especially like to thank many of the infected persons, they have overcome a lot of pressure to get out of the brave, so that a vicious cycle of open slowly.
Zhou Liu completed: Li Qi said that I was the first in mainland China Goodwill Ambassador. So I feel it is an honor. But the most important thing, I think the United Nations is very good, give us a lot of support. However, if our friends in the media do not give us the platform out. I know it is very important Sohu, the website of the people all know, he believed that the brand you, that is why we can say that in your studio, I think is the best. We are going out now so very important. All know that this move by the United Nations. You can say I am a Goodwill Ambassador, but I am a representative of the people, this is the most important, I am the representative of Dandan is Dandan friends.
Moderator: This is the public closer to us, rather than preaching the form above.
Liu completed weeks: Yes.
Moderator: Dan-Dan What do you think? A host of China Central Television, one can often see on television people. His active participation in anti-AIDS activities. For you it will be an incentive?
Liu completed weeks and UNAIDS to participate in interviews with Li Qi
洪丹丹: I think there should be. Although he said I do not understand English. But I think the publicity of this piece is very important.
Liu completed weeks: you can help me learn Chinese?
洪丹丹: Yes. Sohu network, this time to give me such a good opportunity for me to sit together with you to communicate with the community to communicate with friends, for me is a kind of incentive. Why do I say so? I am a not only infected with the HIV virus, I have other patients, I now have is a late liver cancer. Has been eating narcotic drugs, I eat every day, the drug is 75, even the capsules and tablets together (Editor's Note: Dandan eat in addition to the drug anti-HIV drugs, there is still a majority of outside cancer drug resistance).
If I can dig out that a reimbursement, I have had to pay 1,200 yuan a month, on top of me in the economy is also a lot of pressure. I now want to go to work, or I do not tell others that I was infected, I went to work, even to sweep the streets, I have not the ability to work, and physically can not keep up I have a. First, this piece of infected people, AIDS advocacy work, whether or Ambassador, or we have friends here, or, or or my own, especially as I said, our advocacy in this area the more people In this context the knowledge to understand it more and more, they know more, it no longer afraid of infection, there is no vicious circle of the. In particular, the prevention of this in a positive, many of my friends unknowingly have been infected.
Liu completed weeks: You said that you eat 75 a day drug. You see that 75, feeling what? Pressure is certainly very difficult?
洪丹丹: Every time I am going to eat three meals, I have row after meal Well, half an hour to eat, I seem to have time on the medication.
Liu completed weeks: If you work out, go out to see friends, are you on the inside of your package is not it?
洪丹丹: Yes.
Moderator: Just now, to still take the time studio.
Liu completed weeks: Your friend has asked you? Why do you take?
洪丹丹: have a friend do not know if I have this disease, I told them, I ate the Victoria C, nutritional medicine, I can not tell him that I ate antiviral drugs.
Liu completed week: How much per month?
洪丹丹: anti-viral drugs do not need to spend money, the state distributed free of charge, the treatment of other diseases need to spend money on drugs.
Liu completed weeks: You how much money each month to pay for medicine?
洪丹丹: 2400 money, not small problems, is a real disease. State reimbursement of 50%, I would also like to pay for 1200.
Liu completed weeks: country-led efforts in this regard also, although there are still problems, but also efforts to do so. National leaders of the AIDS, the first is very concerned about this, the second is very hard.
Moderator: The Indonesia you back just attending the meeting, the General Assembly has not heard some good ideas or results, do you think can be used in China to combat AIDS and discrimination in this piece?
Liu completed weeks: First of all I would like to tell you I went to Bali, Indonesia is not a tourist. Although we meet at the seaside, but I do not have time to coast. In Bali, there are many representatives of many famous people, such as Pu Cunxin. They are the star, I is Goodwill Ambassador, so I asked a friend of infection, he said Pu Cunxin I do, or do you host of CCTV, I think they are not ordinary people, he felt that the general you do not feel that you have culture, you are the representative of a country's television. He felt that if you say AIDS, help HIV, to help infected people, then I believe you. So you see very Shuai Pu Cunxin, star figure is the same meaning. Pu Cunxin and I are the same, we feel we are very ordinary people, but others see us, we are a host, a star, you do not feel that the general, he will believe you.
Moderator: We are currently engaged in a contest of creative anti-AIDS, CDC, and Sohu are doing public service projects together. On the one hand, to inform the public about AIDS to the anti-discrimination, on the other hand, we would also like to collect the good ideas, to better information and better knowledge of AIDS to tell you. Users have already created a lot of animation, posters, these works, we know that completed studied piano, an artist. Dandan also regularly participates in the activities of arts organizations. If the two to participate in the activities you have any good idea? What you want to make a creative work?
洪丹丹: In accordance with my own ability, one is likely to experience my own written words, dedicated to you, there is one, it is possible that relatively small but dedicated to all the drama.
Liu completed weeks: I would like to invite you, I am sure to come. If there is any activity, I think it is very special, Sohu is a very good company, hope to be able to cooperate with you. Thank you, if you allow a child to write AIDS, he would understand why AIDS is very important, why the infection is very special, so I wear the badge of the United Nations, I wear the clothes, the clothes are not host wear. This was the meaning of the above is that we do not like the HIV virus, but I especially love those infected. HIV AIDS is not as black and white issue, there are many problems, the color is very, very bright. I know that feeling of being discriminated against Dandan was uncomfortable, but we have a lot of hope. I think that AIDS is not a person that we all work together.
Moderator: Time flies, the interview come to an end. Thanks again for a few guests visit Sohu public. Although the interview is over, but in front of us before the anti-AIDS discrimination in the work has just begun. Thank you!
