Anaemia affects particular people.
贫血症会影响特定的人群。
But it also affects the social and economic conditions of a community.
但它也会影响一个社区的社会和经济状况。
If children do not develop normally, they will not be healthy adults.
如果儿童发育不正常,他们成年后就不会健康。
They will not be able to work as well when they are older.
年纪再大一些时,他们还会无法工作。
Adults who suffer from anaemia will not be able to care for their children as well.
患有贫血症的成年人也将无法照顾他们的孩子。
And they may not be able to work as hard to provide food for their families.
他们可能无法努力工作来养家糊口。
Recently, the WHO and UNICEF promised to work harder to fight anaemia world-wide.
近日,世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会承诺,将更加努力地抗击全球范围内的贫血症。
Solving a wide-spread health problem can be extremely difficult.
解决广泛传播的健康问题可能极其困难。
Experts must test the solutions and prove them safe.
专家必须测试这些解决方案,证明它们是安全的。
The solutions must not cost too much.
这些解决方案的成本不能太高。
And communities must be able to effectively copy the care methods.
社区必须能够有效地照搬使用护理方法。
They must be able to provide the medicines that people need.
它们必须能够提供人们需要的药品。
Solving the world-wide problem of anaemia will not be easy or simple.
解决全球范围的贫血问题既不容易也不简单。
First, many people are not able to improve their diets.
首先,许多人无法改善他们的饮食。
They are not able to get healthy food.
他们得不到健康的食物。
Second, there are many diseases that threaten much of the world’s population - diseases like HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
其次,有许多疾病威胁着世界上的大部分人口--如艾滋病、疟疾和肺结核。
Sometimes it seems like these diseases are the most important.
有时,这些疾病似乎是最重要的。
More people fight to stop these diseases.
更多的人为阻止这些疾病而战。
So, the WHO and UNICEF know that they have a big fight in front of them.
所以,世卫组织和联合国儿童基金会知道,前方有一场大战。
By 2010, they hope to reduce the reported cases of anaemia by one third [1/3].
到2010年,他们希望将报告的贫血病例减少三分之一[1/3]。
They hope to train communities and health care workers to recognize the symptoms of anaemia.
他们希望培训社区和医护人员识别贫血的症状。
The WHO and UNICEF want to provide easy and low-cost methods to test blood for haemoglobin levels.
世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会希望提供简单、低成本的方法来检测血液中的血红蛋白水平。
Preventing anaemia is the most important goal.
预防贫血是最重要的目标。
But, increasing knowledge of anaemia is also very important.
但是提高对贫血的认识也是非常重要的。
What does anaemia look like in your community?
你所在社区的贫血症是什么样子的?
What can you do to improve the situation?
你能做些什么来改善这种情况?
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