In a small village, a crowd of women and children wait patiently in the midday sun to be treated by one of the 24 HTR teams.
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三个月大的Abubakar是Zainab的7个孩子中最小的一个,他有呼吸困难症状。
Three-month-old Abubakar is the youngest of Zainab’s 7 children and is having breathing difficulties.
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Zainab自己也在发烧。
But Zainab has a fevertoo.
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医务人员给Abubakar做了疟疾测试,并评估他是否可由医疗队治疗还是需要转诊到最近的医疗设施。
The health worker tests her for malaria and assesses Abubakar to see if he can be treated by the team or needs to be referred to the nearest functioning health-care facility.
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疟疾是受冲突影响地区最常见的疾病和死亡原因,急性呼吸道感染也大大威胁着当地民众的生命安全。
Malaria is the most common cause of disease and death in the conflict-affected zone, but acute respiratory infection also claims many lives.
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筛查严重急性营养不良是HTR医疗队的主要任务之一。
Screening for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is one of the key activities of the HTR teams.
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营养不良的儿童特别容易染上疫苗可预防的疾病,如麻疹和白喉、呼吸道疾病和腹泻。
Malnourished children are particularly vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases, like measles and diphtheria, and to respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases.
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在博诺州,这些疾病与高发的严重急性营养不良共同使5岁以下儿童死亡率高达国际紧急阈值的4倍。
The combination of these diseases together with high levels of SAM in Borno State has led to under-5 mortality rates up to 4 times higher than international emergency thresholds.