【标准美音社论】被忽视的热带病(2/2)
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On Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, a microscopic worm that claims claims 200,000 lives per year, seen through a microscope.
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HINTS:
Washington-based Sabin Vaccine Institute
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
NTDs
George W. Bush
President Barack Obama
Global Health Initiative
River Blindness
Elephantiasis
Trachoma
Leprosy
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United Arab Emirates
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/201205221208175283335.Mp3In 2006, the non-profit, Washington-based Sabin Vaccine Institute launched the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to highlight and mobilize resources for treating and eventually eliminating NTDs. Soon the Network acquired two prominent partners:the World Health Organization, and the United States government.
That same year, the U.S. Congress set aside funding for NTDs, and then-President George W. Bush announced a new NTD initiative, pledging more funding.Three years later, President Barack Obama announced the Global Health Initiative, which expands efforts to tackle NTDs, and includes a new focus on elimination of some of the targeted diseases such as River Blindness, Elephantiasis, Trachoma and Leprosy.
By the end of 2011, the United States Agency for International Development, which administers the U.S. NTD program, leveraged $3.1 billion in donated medicines. As a result, some 232 million people received 532 million treatments.
In January 2012, the U.S., U.K. and United Arab Emirates governments came together with global pharmaceutical companies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organizations to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases by the end of the 2020.
In cooperation with our partners, we will continue to work toward mitigating the impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases on vulnerable populations, with the goal of eventually eliminating them as major threats to human health.
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