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Predicting disease outbreak by following weather is a good method.
通过跟踪天气来预测疾病暴发是一种很好的方法。
But there are some limits to how helpful this method can be.
但这种方法的作用有一定的局限性。
Aid workers already have a lot of work to do in developing countries.
援助人员在发展中国家已经有很多工作要做。
Experts say that it may be difficult for them to follow the weather too.
专家表示，他们可能很难做到同时跟踪天气。
And even with a warning, aid workers may not be able to react quickly enough.
即使有了警告，救援人员也可能无法做出足够快的反应。
They may still have limited resources.
他们的资源可能仍然有限。
Just knowing when a disease outbreak may begin is not enough.
仅仅知道疾病暴发的时间是不够的。
Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum is a climate change expert with the WHO.
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum博士是世界卫生组织的气候变化专家。
He agrees.
他对此表示同意。
“We run the risk of just coming up with a very exact warning system without having any ability to react.
“我们冒着风险，只是想出了一个非常精确的预警系统，却没有任何反应能力。
For example, you cannot solve malaria problems in Africa just by providing better risk information.”
例如，你不能仅仅通过提供更好的风险信息来解决非洲的疟疾问题。”
Assaf believes that although the method is not perfect, it can be a great help to global public health.
阿萨夫认为，虽然这种方法并不完美，但它可以对全球公共卫生有很大帮助。
“This is the most important part of 10 years of hard, devoted work.
“这是10年来的辛勤工作中最重要的部分。
It is a great pleasure to have the chance to translate scientific research and analysis results into products that help global public health.”
很高兴有机会将科学研究和分析成果转化为有助于全球公共卫生的产品。”
So, when the weather changes, Assaf and his team will be watching - and hopefully, saving lives.
因此，当天气发生变化时，阿萨夫和他的团队将会观察--希望能拯救生命。
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