VOA标准英语2014--埃博拉疫情反映出世卫组织应变不足?
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(十月)
Does Ebola Reveal WHO Shortfalls? 埃博拉疫情反映出世卫组织应变不足?
As the Ebola outbreak rages in three West African countries – and raises fears abroad – some are questioning whether the World Health Organization is being stretched too thin. A proposal for a new global agency to deal strictly 1 with infectious diseases is gaining some support.
Dr. Harvey Rubin writes that that “local phenomena 2 can have global consequences.” And he points to the Ebola epidemic 3 as a prime example.
Rubin is director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He and ISTAR’s associate director Nicholas Saidel have written in New Scientist Magazine that “global infectious disease control, as it now stands, is a disjointed effort riddled 4 with gaps and inconsistencies.” Rubin said this can be seen in the response to Ebola.
“The world’s response has been late and incomplete. This is a tragedy at many, many levels. And obviously people are dying, commerce is impacted, economic development is impacted, but, overwhelmingly, people are dying and we could have done a better job as a global community. There have been some groups that have been absolutely fantastic like Doctors Without Borders and individual aid groups have been putting their own lives at stake. But the global community has dropped the ball.”
Rubin said many have been worried about such a scenario 5 for a long time.
“A lot of this, maybe not all of it, but a lot of this could have been avoided with a more robust 6 global governance system for infectious disease. This was predictable. We’ve been talking and writing about this for a long time now – for at least several years. Other people have been writing about this,” he said.
TB, malaria 7, various types of hepatitis, MERS, the flu, avian flu, measles 8, polio and Ebola – these are some of the infectious diseases the WHO has tracked and monitored over the years. And then there are the many noncommunicable diseases on the rise, such as diabetes 9, obesity 10, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
“Believe me,” said Dr. Rubin, “I’m not critical of the World Health Organization or any of the other groups. They are so over stretched with so many things to worry about. Arguably, more people die of infectious diseases than just about anything else. A lot of these are preventable diseases and the World Health Organization has a huge mandate 11.”
He said there’s a looming 12 health crisis that’s not getting nearly as much attention as Ebola.
“If I had to list the number one problem that we see across the borders and certainly in this country, it’s antibiotic 13 resistant 14 bacteria. We have an epidemic already and an impending 15 doom 16 and disaster – and I don’t want to overstate this – but we have organisms in this country in our hospitals that are resistant to just about every antibiotic that we have. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is an enormous problem,” he said.
He’s calling for a Global Governance Structure for Infectious Disease – a place where any nation can go and raise the alarm about a potential infectious threat. He said it would provide a more focused approach.
“What kinds of resource are available for us? Are there experimental drugs that we could start developing? Are there ways to distribute these drugs? Are there ways to do surveillance that’s meaningful? Are there ways to harmonize and align 17 various regulatory aspects of getting drugs and vaccines 18 to the places that are needed? That’s what we mean by a focused approach on infectious disease. There is no other group like that.”
He said the proposed Global Governance Structure for Infectious Disease should be a public/private stand-alone agency that receives serious input 19 from the United Nations and others.
The New Scientist article lists four interconnected goals: “First, coordinate 20 the collection, sharing and analysis of infectious disease information in real time; second, encourage the private sector 21 to develop and distribute affordable 22 drugs, vaccines and diagnostics; third, establish a network of international centers for fundamental research into microbial threats; and fourth, promote standards for best laboratory, regulatory and ethical 23 practice.”
Rubin said the aim is to not have such an agency bogged 24 down in bureaucracy.
“We want to have it streamlined. We want to have decision-making with adequate input and transparent 25 -- and with the recognition of world leaders that this can only help everybody. There are no borders here. Out of all the diseases that we talk and lecture to the students about, we would always say, oh, Ebola is over there. It’s remote. It burns itself out. Now it’s in New York. It’s in Texas. We have to rethink from the beginning our, sort of, entrenched 26 ideas.”
He said it could begin as a grassroots effort, but adds it may be just the right time for it to happen.
“When I’ve given this talk around the world I have enormous support by members in my own medical community, a lot of the NGOs – even the engineering community and the policy community. So the academics really understand this and we’re used to collaborating 27 across countries and across domains 28 and across disciplines. The buzz words around now are innovation and multi-disciplinary. Well, if anybody wants innovation and multi-disciplinary, this is it.”
The University of Pennsylvania medical professor said it must be a self-sustaining agency with innovative 29 ways of funding. Dr. Rubin added that it won’t work if it has to rely on donors 30.
The staff of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response includes doctors, lawyers, business leaders, engineers and political scientists.
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
- The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系,如果存在着任何联系的话。
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
- The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
- The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
- This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。
- She is too tall and robust.她个子太高,身体太壮。
- China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道,中国希望保持经济强势增长,以减少贫困和失业状况。
- He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
- Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
- The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
- The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。
- In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者,医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
- Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看,在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
- The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.医生说我应该服些用抗生素。
- Antibiotic can be used against infection.抗菌素可以用来防止感染。
- Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
- They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。
- Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时,严重的战乱爆发了。
- The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
- The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
- The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。
- Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
- There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
- His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
- The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
- I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
- All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
- It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
- It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
- The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
- If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地,我们就消灭他们。
- Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
- He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福?汤姆逊学习,而且也是在和他合作。
- The theory of thermodynamics links the macroscopic and submicroscopic domains. 热力学把宏观世界同亚微观世界联系起来。 来自辞典例句
- All three flow domains are indicated by shading. 所有三个流动区域都是用阴影部分表示的。 来自辞典例句
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。