VOA慢速英語:Ethiopia Cuts Child Death Rate by Two-Thirds

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語健康報道。

The United Nations Children's Fund is praising Ethiopia for reaching one of the Millennium Development Goals on child survival. UNICEF officials say Ethiopia has reduced its number of child death by more than two-thirds.

Between 1990 and 2012, the country reported a 67 percent drop in the number of children dying before the age of five.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金會贊揚埃塞俄比亞在兒童生存率上實現了千年發(fā)展目標之一。兒童基金會官員表示，埃塞俄比亞的兒童死亡率已經降低了2/3以上。埃塞俄比亞報告稱，1990年到2012年期間5歲以下兒童死亡數字下降了67%。

Ethiopia's Minister of Health Kesetebirhan Admasu welcomed the good news, but he admitted that even with the improvement Ethiopia is considered a high-mortality country.

埃塞俄比亞衛(wèi)生部長Kesetebirhan Admasu對這一好消息表示歡迎。但他承認，即使有了這些進步，埃塞俄比亞仍然是一個高死亡率的國家。

"If you look at the absolute number of children dying in Ethiopia, it is still huge. We have committed to end all preventive child deaths in a generation by 2035. And we have developed a roadmap to reach that ambitious target."

他說，“如果你看一下埃塞俄比亞兒童死亡的絕對數量就會發(fā)現該數字還是很龐大。我們致力于在2035年前終結所有可預防的兒童死亡。同時我們也已經制定實現這一宏偉目標的路線圖。”

Diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria are the leading causes of death among young children in Ethiopia. In 1990, the country's death rate for children under five was one of the highest in the world, it was 204 death for every 1,000 births.

腹瀉、肺炎和瘧疾是埃塞俄比亞兒童死亡的主要原因。1990年，埃塞俄比亞是全球兒童死亡率最高的國家之一，該國當時每1000名新生兒中就有204人死亡。

The rate is now at 68 per 1,000, this means that hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian children who might have died in earlier years now reach their fifth birthday.

現在該國的兒童死亡率為6.8%，這意味著數十萬在前些年可能死亡的埃塞俄比亞兒童現在活到了5歲。

Ethiopia is one of four African countries to have reached a Millennium Development Goal, the other three are Liberia, Malawi and Tanzania.

埃塞俄比亞是已經實現千年發(fā)展目標之一的4個非洲國家之一，另三個國家是利比里亞，馬拉維和坦桑尼亞。

One of the reasons for Ethiopia's success is its Health Extension Program, because of it, 38,000 people were employed to bring health care services to a large part of the rural population.

埃塞俄比亞成功的原因之一歸功于它的醫(yī)療延展計劃，因為這個計劃，3.8萬人受雇為很大一部分的農村人口提供醫(yī)療保健服務。

Peter Salama is UNICEF representative to Ethiopia. He says Ethiopia's plan of action can serve as an example for other countries:

彼得·薩拉馬(Peter Salama)是聯(lián)合國兒童基金會駐埃塞俄比亞代表。他說，埃塞俄比亞的行動計劃可以作為其他國家的榜樣：

"Several other African countries have come to do study tours, including delegations from Togo, Guinea, Namibia - all came to study the health extension program and see how they can replicate this critical lesson of bringing health care to the doorstep of the rural population."

他說，“其它幾個非洲國家已經來考察取經，其中包括多哥、幾內亞和納米比亞的代表團，他們都是來學習醫(yī)療延展計劃，并看一看他們能如何復制這一將醫(yī)療服務送至農村人口家門口的重大經驗。”

The United Nations first announced the Millennium Development Goals 13 years ago, the goals remain to help countries pay more attention to issues such as fighting extreme poverty.

聯(lián)合國于13年前首次宣布千年發(fā)展目標，該目標現在仍然有助于各國更加重視諸如打擊極端貧困等問題。

Progress on the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child death is slow in most countries, only 13 of 61 countries are in a position to meet the goal.

多數國家在減少兒童死亡這一千年發(fā)展目標上進展緩慢，61個國家中只有13個國家能夠實現這一目標。