African Leaders Commit to Eradicate AIDS, TB and Malaria in the Continent

　　The African Union Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis¹ and Malaria² has kicked off in Abuja, capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

　　The theme of the summit is on "Ownership, Accountability and Sustainability of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Response in Africa: Past, Present and the Future".

 

　　CRI's Xie Zhao has the details:

 

　　HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are called the "Three Main Killers³" in Africa.

 

　　Babatunde Osotimehin, is a representative of Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations.

 

　　He says the Summit can provide a tipping point in Africa's progress on health.

 

　　"My call is for a new leadership, and particularly includes investment and funding and international assistance to assist Africa to achieve its goals by itself. This summit can provide a tipping point in Africa's progress on health."

 

　　However, the key contributor to causes of the three diseases is poverty, which has not been eliminated.

 

　　According to U.N statistics, more than 45-percent of Africans are still living below the extreme poverty line.

 

　　They earn less than 1.25 U.S dollars a day.

 

　　UN statistics suggest poverty has led to a serious imbalance of medical resources as well as an unstable⁴ society and low education level.

 

　　Meanwhile, rampant⁵ infectious diseases have seriously hampered⁶ African development.

 

　　African Union has emphasized that the three diseases posed a direct threat to economic development as well as peace and stability in African countries.

 

　　Dlamini Zuma, is Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

 

　　She says she believes that the African continent has the ability to complete it's health-care systems and ease poverty.

 

　　She believes this could win the final battle against the three diseases.

 

　　"Everyone knows that ending HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria is not going to be easy, not going to be quick, and not going to be cheap. It is a huge investment. I'm confident that this summit makes efforts to help eliminating these diseases."

 

　　The Special Summit has been organized by the African Union in collaboration⁷ with the Government of Nigeria, the UN Agencies and other development partners.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Xie Zhao.

1 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

2 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• 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。

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

5 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

6 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

7 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。