VOA标准英语2009年-WHO to Increase Immunizations in Sub-S

World Health Organization agreed on initiatives to increase the immunization of children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 18 December 2009

 The Global Polio Eradication¹ Initiative launched in 1988 has successfully obliterated² polio in 45 of the 46-nation sub-Saharan region.  But there have been recent reports of  outbreaks in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Kenya and Uganda.

Custodia Mandhlate, WHO's representative in Zimbabwe, says this is the result of cross-border movement and under-immunization in these countries.

"The most targeted countries are the in the central part of Africa with high level of unimmunized children and they are the polio importation belt," said Mandhlate.

She says some of the countries where children are under immunized are actually resource rich. But instead of investing the money earned from these resources in children's health, they depends on outside donations.

"If you look at Angola, Nigeria, even Chad, they have petrol, diamonds et cetera. But they are looking for resources coming from outside," she said.

Mandhlate added that WHO would engage the leaders of some of these countries to ensure they play their role in having children immunized.

The meeting resolved to look into having a regional annual immunization week targeting all vaccine-preventable diseases in children, such as measles³ and tetanus. WHO's Mandhlate noted⁴ that campaigns are expensive but necessary if the U.N. Millenium Development Goal to reduce the mortality rate for children under five years of age by two-thirds by 2015 is to be achieved.

1 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。

2 obliterated   

v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭

参考例句：

• The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• 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。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。