“High healthcare costs for countries mount because of the tragic personal impacts on women and girls.
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政府负有帮助终止这种有害做法的道义责任。
Governments have a moral responsibility to help end this harmful practice,” says Dr Prosper Tumusiime, Acting Director for Universal Health Coverage and the Life Course in the African Regional Office of WHO.
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残割女性生殖器伤害女童，使她们在成人后终身面临健康风险，也给需要治疗她们的卫生系统带来压力。”
“FGM hurts girls, imposes lifelong health risks on the women they become, and strains the healthcare systems that need to treat them.”
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预防残割女性生殖器对妇女、女童、社区和经济大有好处
Preventing FGM brings major benefits for women, girls, communities and economies
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成本计算器使用来自27个高流行率国家的数据，显示了终结残割女性生殖器带来的明显经济效益。
Using data from 27 high-prevalence countries, the Cost Calculator demonstrates clear economic benefits from ending FGM.
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计算表明，如果现在放弃这一做法，到2050年，相关卫生费用节省将超过60%。
If it were abandoned now, it shows that the associated savings in health costs would be more than 60% by 2050.
In contrast, if no action is taken, it is estimated that these costs will soar by 50% over the same time period, as populations grow and as more girls undergo the procedure.