Mass measles vaccination campaigns and a global increase in routine measles vaccination coverage saved an estimated 20.3 million young lives between 2000 and 2015, according to UNICEF; WHO; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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但进展尚不均衡。
But progress has been uneven.
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2015年,约有2000万名婴儿错过了麻疹疫苗接种,估计有13.4万名儿童死于这种疾病。
In 2015, about 20 million infants missed their measles shots and an estimated 134 000 children died from the disease.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan account for half of the unvaccinated infants and 75% of the measles deaths.
"It is not acceptable that millions of childrenmiss their vaccines every year.
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我们有一种可阻止麻疹传播和拯救生命的安全、高效疫苗。
We have a safe and highly effective vaccine to stop the spread of measles and save lives," said Dr. Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, Director of WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals.
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今年,美洲地区已宣布没有麻疹——这证明消除麻疹是有可能的。
"This year, the Region of the Americas was declared free of measles – proof that elimination is possible.
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现在,我们必须在世界其它地方遏制麻疹。
Now, we must stopmeasles in the rest of the world.