In the face of the ongoing threat of antimalarial drug resistance, countries of the Greater Mekong subregion have also made major strides towards their shared goal of elimination by 2030.
In the 6 countries of the subregion – Cambodia, China (Yunnan Province), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – the reported number of malaria casesfell by 97% between 2000 and 2020.
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在同一时期，疟疾死亡人数减少了99%以上，从6000人减少到15人。
Malariadeaths were reduced by more than 99% in this same period of time, from 6000 to 15.
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在全球疫情期间防治疟疾
Tackling malaria during a global pandemic
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2020年，COVID-19对全世界疟疾应对工作提出了严峻的挑战。
In 2020, COVID-19 emerged as a serious challenge to malaria responses worldwide.
Since the early days of the pandemic, WHO has urged countries to maintain essential health services, including for malaria, while ensuring that communities and health workers are protected from COVID-19 transmission.
Heeding the call, many malaria-endemic countries mounted impressive responses to the pandemic, adapting the way they deliver malaria services to the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by governments.
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由于作了这些努力，有可能避免世卫组织建模分析的最坏情况。
As a result of these efforts, the worst-case scenario of a WHO modelling analysis was likely averted.
The analysis found that if access to nets and antimalarial medicines was severely curtailed, the number of malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could double in 2020 compared to 2018.
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然而，疫情一年多后，全球卫生服务仍面临重大障碍。
However, more than one year into the pandemic, substantial disruptions to health services persist across the globe.