世界卫生组织推出新的儿童抗癌药物计划
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new service, or platform, to provide free cancer medicines to thousands of children in less wealthy nations.
世界卫生组织（WHO）启动了一项新服务或平台，向较不富裕国家的数千名儿童免费提供抗癌药物。
The WHO defines these as low- and middle-income countries.
世界卫生组织将这些国家定义为中低收入国家。
The first medicines were to be provided to Mongolia and Uzbekistan.
首批药物将提供给蒙古和乌兹别克斯坦。
The next shipments would go to Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia, as part of the project's testing, or pilot period, the WHO said.
世卫组织表示，作为该项目测试或试点阶段的一部分，下一批货物将运往厄瓜多尔、约旦、尼泊尔和赞比亚。
The drug treatments are expected to reach around 5,000 children with cancer this year across at least 30 hospitals in the six countries.
预计今年在这六个国家的至少30家医院，这种药物治疗将惠及约5000名癌症儿童。
"Countries in the pilot phase will receive an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured childhood cancer medicines at no cost," the U.N. health agency said in a statement.
联合国卫生机构在一份声明中表示：“参与试点阶段的国家将免费获得不间断的、质量有保证的儿童抗癌药物供应。”
The WHO said childhood cancer survival rates in low- and middle-income countries were often below 30 percent.
世界卫生组织表示，中低收入国家的儿童癌症存活率通常低于30%。
That compares to survival rates of around 80 percent in wealthy nations.
这与富裕国家约80%的存活率相比。
The agency’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a statement, "For too long, children with cancer have lacked access to life-saving medicines."
该机构总干事谭德塞在一份声明中表示：“长期以来，患癌儿童一直无法获得救命的药物。”
He added that the new platform aims to bring "health and hope to children around the world."
他补充说，新平台旨在为“世界各地的儿童带来健康和希望”。
El Salvador, Moldova, Senegal, Ghana, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are expected to join the program very soon.
预计萨尔瓦多、摩尔多瓦、塞内加尔、加纳、巴基斯坦和斯里兰卡将很快加入该计划。
The platform hopes to reach 50 countries in the next five to seven years, providing medicines for up to 120,000 children.
该平台希望在未来五到七年内覆盖50个国家，为多达12万名儿童提供药物。
The WHO estimates about 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer every year.
世界卫生组织估计，全球每年约有40万儿童罹患癌症。
Most of the children live in places with limited resources.
大多数孩子生活在资源有限的地方。
The agency says about 70 percent of children in those settings die for several reasons.
该机构表示，在这些环境中，大约70%的儿童因多种原因死亡。
These include the use of low-quality medicines, an inability to get correct treatments, or problems with the supply of treatments.
这些包括使用低质量药物、无法获得正确治疗或治疗供应方面的问题。
The plan to establish the platform was first announced in December 2021.
建立该平台的计划于2021年12月首次宣布。
It is a cooperative deal between the WHO and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States.
这是世界卫生组织与美国田纳西州孟菲斯的圣裘德儿童研究医院之间的一项合作交易。
The U.S. non-profit treatment and research organization provided $200 million for its launch, the WHO said.
世卫组织表示，美国一家非营利性治疗和研究组织为该基金的启动提供了2亿美元。
The WHO called the financial commitment the largest ever made for childhood cancer medicines worldwide.
世界卫生组织称，这是全球范围内为儿童抗癌药物做出的最大一笔财政承诺。
It added that the cost-free service would continue beyond the pilot phase.
并补充说，这项免费服务将在试点阶段之后继续提供。
The platform is working on developing its sustainability – or ability to continue to provide the service - over the longer term.
该平台正致力于发展其长期可持续性——即持续提供服务的能力。
Andre Ilbawi is with the WHO's cancer control program.
安德烈·伊尔巴维在世界卫生组织的癌症控制项目中工作。
He told reporters the program seeks to widen the platform and bring additional partners on board.
他告诉记者，该项目旨在拓宽平台并吸引更多合作伙伴加入。
"This marks the beginning of a global movement to provide children with cancer the medicines that they need, regardless of where they live, or their ability to pay," Ilbawi said.
伊尔巴维说：“这标志着一场全球运动的开始，旨在为癌症儿童提供他们所需的药物，无论他们身处何地，也无论他们是否有能力支付。”
He added that the issue of children with cancer was getting more attention in wealthier countries.
他补充说，在较富裕的国家，儿童癌症问题正受到更多关注。
"Childhood cancer is increasingly a leading cause of death for middle- and high-income countries…so governments are increasingly paying attention," Ilbawi said.
伊尔巴维说：“在中等收入和高收入国家，儿童癌症正日益成为主要死因……因此各国政府越来越关注这一问题。”
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Robin Millard reported on this story for Agence France-Presse.
罗宾·米勒德为法新社报道了这一事件。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
