The future presents multiple challenges, but at least for cholera, we have the answer: access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in cholera hotspots.
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有针对性的紧急投资将使我们实现这一目标。
Urgent, targeted investments will get us there.
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在过去的几个月里,世界目睹了霍乱的死灰复燃。
In the past months, the world has seen a resurgence of cholera.
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去年,多达30个国家经历了疫情,到2023年我们继续看到疫情的地理范围扩大,令人担忧。
Last year, as many as 30 countries experienced outbreaks, and we continue to see a worrying geographic spread into 2023.
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黎巴嫩、南非和叙利亚等国正在经历数十年来的首次疫情。
Countries like Lebanon, South Africa and Syria are seeing their first outbreaks in decades.
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令人担忧的不仅仅是疫情的数量和蔓延,还有其令人吃惊的严重程度。
It is not just the number and spread of outbreaks which is concerning, but the severity with which they are striking.
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当前疫情的平均病死率是目标阈值(低于1%)的两倍。
The average case fatality rate of the current outbreaks is double the target threshold of less than 1%.
Many of these outbreaks have clear links with extreme climate events, which bring at times too much and at times too little water, both potent fuel for cholera as access to water supplies are disrupted, and people may be forced to move from their homes to more temporary—and at times crowded—settlements.
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展望未来,洪水、干旱、风暴和流离失所预计将更加频繁。
Looking ahead, we can expect more frequent floods, droughts, storms and displacement.
Other than climate change, modelling exercises show that population growth and urbanization alone could lead to a doubling of cholera cases over the next 20 years if we do not act now.