The World Health Assembly approved a resolution to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis and proposals to improve global coordination of efforts to address noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cancers, heart disease and stroke.
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此外世界卫生组织总干事和世界卫生大会主席向公共卫生领导者颁发了四个奖项。
In addition, WHO's Director-General and the President of the Health Assembly presented 4 awards to leaders in public health.
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病毒性肝炎
Viral hepatitis
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病毒性肝炎每年导致140万例死亡；
Viral hepatitis is responsible for1.4 million deaths every year; 500 million people currently live with the disease.
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目前有5亿人带病生存。
There are 5 main hepatitis viruses (A, B, C, D and E).
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病毒性肝炎主要有五种类型（甲、乙、丙、丁和戊型）。
Types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and, together, are the most common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer.
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甲型和乙型肝炎导致千百万人患慢性病，二者是肝硬化和癌症的最常见原因。
The resolution also highlights the importance of expanding hepatitis A and B vaccination programmes and further strengthening infection control measures in health-care settings – such as strategies to improve the safety of injections.
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决议指出，必须采取适当措施，保护例如注射毒品者等群体免受感染，并增进他们的诊断和治疗机会。
The resolution noted the importance of implementing appropriate measures to protect groups such as people who inject drugs from infection and to improve their access to diagnostics and treatment.
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由于大多数慢性乙肝或丙肝患者始终不知自己已受到感染，因此需要改进筛查工作。
As most people with chronic hepatitis B or C remain unaware of their infection, there is also a need to improve screening.
Delegates agreed to consider a range of measures to improve access to quality and affordablehepatitis medicines and diagnostics, whilst addressing intellectual property rights issues related to those products.