Despite overwhelming challenges, Papua New Guinea has made major stridesagainst malaria
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2017年4月11日
11 April 2017
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通过世卫组织及合作伙伴的集体努力，巴布亚新几内亚的疟疾发病率大幅度下降。
Despite a rainy season that never ends, a limited infrastructure and near-inaccessible geography, Papua New Guinea has made major strides against malaria.
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两项进展促进了抗疟疾工作的进步：长效药浸蚊帐和为疟疾诊治普遍提供资金。
Credit goes to its focus on preventive tools, including bednets.
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很难找到一个比巴布亚新几内亚更适合疟疾传播的地方了。
It would be tough to find a location more hospitable to the spread of malaria than Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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“这个国家地理条件非常非常复杂，基础设施很少，” Tim Freeman说，他在扶轮社抗击疟疾组织负责物流工作。
“This country has very, very difficult geography, with little infrastructure,” said Tim Freeman, a logistician for Rotarians Against Malaria.
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61岁的Freeman已经在遏制疟疾行动中度过了他的半生。
At 61, Freeman has spent more than half of his life fighting malaria.
He is the kind of guy you want nearby if your car gets stuck in the mud, which he has seen happen a lot while overseeing the distribution of more than 5 million insecticide-treatedmosquito nets in PNG.
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巴布亚新几内亚有许多偏远的地区，在20世纪90年代还发现过从未与外界接触过的原始部落。
It contains areas so remote that, until the 1990s, tribes were being discovered whose members had had no previous contact with outsiders.