2015年12月英语六级听力暑期练习9
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A panel of experts released its assessment Tuesdayon the World Health Organization’s response to theWest Africa Ebola outbreak. It said the crisis not onlyexposed organizational failings in the WHO, butshortcomings in the 10 year old International HealthRegulations. The panel’s chair called the outbreak adefining moment.
Former Oxfam Great Britain Executive Director – Dame Barbara Stocking – unveiled the findingsof the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel.
“I think you all know that a year back from now we were really looking into the abyss,wondering how we could make sure that Ebola did not spread to the whole world.”
She explained why the scale of the disease was a defining moment for the WHO and memberstates.
“We think that there is a need for reform in the International Health Regulations. There is aneed already for adherence to the regulations that are there, but we think they needstrengthening. In part, because there are few incentives for countries to declare emergencies,but also a number of countries do in emergencies, including this one, put on trade and travelbans, which not only frighten people out of declaring, but they also make it very difficult todeliver a proper response,” she said.
The panel examined the WHO as a health emergency agency.
“We know that for it to function properly for that it will need to be changed quite a lot to betruly fit for purpose. But we think that is perfectly possible and we are very pleased to knowthat the World Health Assembly agreed with us,” said Stocking.
The panel also considered the WHO’s role and cooperation with other health and humanitariansystems.
“WHO needs to make sure that it is properly interconnected with that wider humanitariansystem. Because we believe that if that had happened back in May/June of last year, wewouldn’t have reached the position that we did,” she said.
The experts said WHO member states must also do their part, including “political and financialsupport to the organization.”
The Ebola Interim Assessment Panel said while “health is considered the sovereign responsibilityof countries, the means to fulfill this responsibility are increasingly global.”
It recommended that countries should be given incentives to encourage them to notify publichealth risks to the WHO. It also said global health issues should be at the center of the globalsecurity agenda. The panel added that the World Health Organization should remain the leadagency in an emergency response. But it stressed that organizational and financial issues mustbe urgently addressed.
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