“Their success serves as a model for other countries working to end this disease once and for all.”
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在阿尔及利亚消除疟疾
Stamping outmalaria in Algeria
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1880年，法国医生拉韦朗在阿尔及利亚发现疟疾寄生虫。
French physicianDr Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered the malaria parasite in Algeria in 1880.
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到1960年代，疟疾已成为该国面临的主要健康挑战，估计每年报告8万个病例。
By the 1960s, malaria had become the country’s primary health challenge, with an estimated 80 000 cases reported each year.
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阿尔及利亚后来成功战胜疟疾的主要原因是：卫生工作者训练有素；
Algeria’s subsequent success in beating the disease can be attributed primarily to a well-trained health workforce, the provision of malaria diagnosis and treatment through universal health care, and a rapid response to disease outbreaks.
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通过普遍卫生保健服务提供疟疾诊断和治疗；
Together, these factors enabled the country to reach – and maintain – zero malaria cases.
“Algeria is where the malaria parasite was first discovered in humans almost a century and a half ago, and that was a significant milestone in responding to the disease,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa.
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这是应对该病的一个重要里程碑。
“Now Algeria has shown the rest of Africa that malaria can be beaten through country leadership, bold action, sound investment and science.
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现在阿尔及利亚已经向非洲其他国家证明，通过国家领导、大胆行动、健全投资和科学，可以打败疟疾。
The rest of the continent can learn from this experience.”