Primary health care also plays a critical role in keeping countries safe from health security threats like outbreaks of diseases such as polio and drug resistant TB, and in responding to natural disasters and other health emergencies.
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此外还缺乏提供这些服务的训练有素人员。
There is also a shortfall of people trained to deliver those services.
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目前,世界短缺720万卫生工作者,亚太经合组织区域短缺程度最高,包括在巴布亚新几内亚也是如此。
Right now, the world is short of 7.2 million health workers, with the largest shortages in the APEC region, including here in Papua New Guinea.
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某些地方的初级卫生保健服务获取还因人们的支付能力而受到阻碍。
People’s ability to pay for primary health care also hinders access in some places.
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这导致许多人延误就医,而且高额自费医疗开支造成了贫困的旋涡。
This leads many to delay seeking care, and high out-of-pocket medical expenses create a spiral of poverty.
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孩子们必须放弃学业和职业梦想,以便用学费支付其家人的医疗费用。
Kids have to abandon school and dreams of a career so tuition money can pay a family member’s medical bills.