自1979年美国发现第一位艾滋病患者后,艾滋病人口的急剧增长已构成了对美国各级政府公共政策、卫生、教育、医疗保健、就业等领域相当广泛的影响。随之而来的巨额政府及私人赞助的预防和治疗艾滋病的科研、教育及宣传已经带来了可观的成效,例如艾滋病患者权益的保护,新的病疗产品和方法的不断产生,患者生存寿命的提高以及病痛的减轻等。尽管如此,艾滋病患者及病毒感染者的 After the first AIDS patient was found by the United States in 1979, the dramatic increase of the AIDS population has formed a fairly widespread impact on the public policies, health, education, healthcare and employment of all levels of government in the United States. The ensuing huge government and privately sponsored research, education and public awareness campaign to prevent and treat AIDS have brought considerable benefits such as the protection of the rights and interests of AIDS patients, the continuous emergence of new disease treatment products and methods, the survival of patients Improve and alleviate the pain and so on. In spite of this, people living with HIV and AIDS virus