分享一个新加坡摄影师拍摄的关于中国乙肝的视频

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这是一位关注中国乙肝的新加坡摄影师，北京益仁平中心帮忙摄影师联系到了愿意拍摄的当事人，视频很短，只有1分钟，可算是微电影。

地址 ：http://vimeo.com/36077705  友情提醒，需要翻墙观看

摄影师的介绍翻译：

   世界各地有3.5亿人感染了乙肝病毒，其中有1.3亿居住在中国，这几乎相当于法国和英国人口的总和。

    虽然乙肝在中国没有明确的传播途径，但是被广泛承认的三个感染原因是血液传染、母婴传染和性交传染。相比较与艾滋病毒和艾滋病，大众和医务工作者对于乙肝的认识普遍较低。

    在中国，乙肝病毒携带者在工作和生活方面面临着严重的歧视。就在不久前的2009年，许多中国雇主要求应聘者和雇员进行乙肝检测，检测呈阳性的人员会被要求离职，甚至有些中国大学和一些幼儿园也拒绝感染了乙肝的学生入学。

    2009年十月，中国卫生部禁止了对学生，工人和政府雇员的乙肝检测。与其说这是因为政府想要承认乙肝问题和提要公众意识，不如说是来自于公众的压力，特别是健康倡导者和社会活动者的压力迫使政府面对这个问题。但是，这仍然不能阻止许多公司和单位进行非法的血液检测，歧视乙肝病毒携带者。同一年，中国政府还推动了为所有未满十五岁的儿童接种免费乙肝疫苗的政策。遗憾的是，这个政策忽略了十六岁到十八岁之间的儿童。

对于已经感染了乙肝的成年人，没有明确的、成本低廉和有效的治疗方法提供给他们。没有国家医疗系统的支持，许多人不得不自行支付常规的治疗费用。这意味着当经济困难的患者无法支付费用时，他们将不得不放弃治疗。受感染的人得到免费治疗的唯一途径是，如果他们也感染了艾滋病毒。

                                                                西蒙 林

原文：

Out of 350 million people world-wide infected with hepatitis B about 130 million live in China and that is almost the equivalent of the combined population of France and the United Kingdom.

Although there are no clear transmission paths for the disease in China, it is widely acknowledged that the three most common cause of infection is through contaminated blood transfusion, mother to child and sexual contacts. Awareness of the disease among the general public and health workers are even lower than that of HIV and AIDS.

Hepatitis B sufferers face severe discrimination in China in virtually all aspects of work and life. As recent as 2009, many Chinese employers require employees to have their blood tested for HBV (hepatitis virus) and most of those who tested positive would be told to leave their job. Even Chinese universities and some kindergarten were known to refuse entry to students who are infected with the disease.

Since October 2009, the Chinese Health Ministry has abolished mandatory testing for Hepatitis B for students, workers and even government employees. This is the result of pressure from the public, health advocates and activists rather than an acknowledgement of the problem and a genuine desire to raise public awareness. However, this still doesn't stop illegal blood testing and discrimination by many Chinese organisations and businesses as many of these laws are unenforced. In the same year, the Chinese government also pushed forward a free hepatitis B vaccination policy for all children under the age of 15. Unfortunately, this policy neglects children in the vulnerable age group from 16 - 18.

For the adults infected with the disease, there are no clear-cut and cost effective treatments available to them. Many have to pay for these regular treatments with no support from the state or the health care system. This means that financially challenged patients have to abandon the treatment once they are unable to continue paying for it. The only way an infected person can get free medical treatment is if they are also infected with HIV.

Simon Lim