VOA慢速英語:Researchers Appeal for New Efforts to Stop Polio

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語健康報道。

Researchers have appealed for new efforts to stop polio in countries where the disease never seems to disappear. They say stronger health systems and greater community involvement are needed in three such countries – Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. All three have faced attacks by militants, political unrest and a lack of trust among the populations.

研究人員呼吁在那些疫情不斷的的國家做出新的努力以根除脊髓灰質(zhì)炎。他們表示，在三個這類國家 -- 尼日利亞，阿富汗和巴基斯坦，需要有更強大的衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)和更深入的社區(qū)參與。這三個國家都面臨著武裝分子襲擊、政治動亂，人們之間缺乏信任。

The researchers made them appear in the publication PLOS Medicine. Seye Abimbola works for Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency. He says it's time to move away from what has been called a leader-centric approach to polio eradication. Such a methodology plays more importance on leadership than shared responsibility.

研究人員將其發(fā)表在公共科學圖書館醫(yī)學(PLoS Medicine)期刊上。塞耶·阿比穆伯拉(Seye Abimbola)就職于尼日利亞國家初級衛(wèi)生保健發(fā)展局。他說，現(xiàn)在是時候摒棄所謂的以領導為中心根除脊髓灰質(zhì)炎。這種原則更注重領導力而不是責任分擔。

Dr. Abimbola says parents often have reasonable concerns about the safety of vaccines. He says some families may have lost one or two children to diseases like pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea. A mother he says may wonder what the government is doing about sicknesses other than polio.

阿比穆伯拉博士表示，家長通常對疫苗安全性有合理的擔憂。他表示，一些家庭可能已經(jīng)因為肺炎、瘧疾和腹瀉等疾病失去了一個或兩個孩子。他說，當媽媽的更想知道，政府在脊髓灰質(zhì)炎之外的疾病上做了些什么。

Dr. Abimbola says polio immunization should be part of a larger health and development intervention program. He writes, "the ambition of the global health community to eradicate polio appears to be blinding it to lessons learned about health systems over the past 30 years."

阿比穆伯拉博士表示，脊髓灰質(zhì)炎免疫接種應該成為一項更廣大的健康和發(fā)展干預項目的一部分。他寫道，“全球衛(wèi)生界根除脊髓灰質(zhì)炎的雄心似乎要被過去30年衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)的經(jīng)驗教訓所掩蓋。”

He says it is now more important than ever to deal with people who distrust polio prevention as human beings with real concerns, not as an opponent. Further, he says it is important to somehow show militant groups that health interventions are necessary.

他表示，將不信任脊髓灰質(zhì)炎預防的人們視為正常擔憂者而不是反對者，比以往任何時候都更重要。他進一步表示，以某種方式向激進組織表明健康干預是必要的也非常重要。

For example, aid agencies say there have been cases wheneven the Taliban in Afghanistan has supported immunization campaigns against polio.

例如，援助機構表示，曾經(jīng)有個案顯示阿富汗塔利班組織任何時間都支持脊髓灰質(zhì)炎的免疫運動。

Seye Abimbola says the Afghan Taliban approves of action against polio, because the group thinks of itself as waiting to take control of the government. In his words, when a militant group wants the trust of the people, they go at it by trying to do what the people want.

阿比穆伯拉表示，阿富汗塔利班批準對抗脊髓灰質(zhì)炎行動，是因為該組織認為自己正等著接管政府。用他的話來說，當一個激進組織希望獲得人們的信任，他們通過討好人們來獲得。

The doctor sees the support of the Taliban as its way of seeking to gain legitimacy, trying to seem responsible and worthy of governing.

阿比穆伯拉博士將塔利班的支持視為他們尋求取得正統(tǒng)地位，并試圖讓自己的執(zhí)政看上去更負責任、更有價值的途徑。