WHO to Rebuild Health Facilities in Burma
世卫将协助重建缅甸医疗设施
The World Health Organization says it will help the government of Burma rebuild and re-equip health facilities, which had been destroyed and damaged by Cyclone Nargis, the worst storm to hit the country in 40 years. WHO says it has a clear plan as to what needs to be done following a joint comprehensive assessment of the stricken area conducted by the United Nations, World Bank, and the Association of South East Asian Nations or ASEAN.
世界卫生组织说，它将帮助缅甸政府重建并重新配备被纳尔吉斯强热带风暴摧毁和损坏的医疗设施。纳尔吉斯强热带风暴是缅甸40年来遭受的最严重的风暴。世界卫生组织说，在联合国、世界银行和东盟对受灾地区进行联合整体评估之后，在需要进行什么工作方面制定了一个明确的计划。
The report assesses damage caused by Cyclone Nargis at $4 billion and estimates Burma, also known as Myanmar, will need $1 billion over the next three years to help it recover.
根据报告的估计，纳尔吉斯强热带风暴造成的损失为40亿美元，估计缅甸在今后3年内需要10亿美元帮助恢复重建。
The cyclone, which struck in early May killed more than 84,000 people, destroyed or damaged about 800,000 homes, and flooded vast areas of agricultural land. About 75 percent of hospitals and clinics in the hard-hit Irawaddy Delta were destroyed or badly damaged.
这场今年5月初袭击缅甸的强热带风暴造成8万4千多人死亡，摧毁和损坏大约80万个住家，洪水冲毁大部分的耕地。在受灾最严重的伊洛瓦底江三角洲，大约75%的医院和卫生所被摧毁或严重损坏。
Richard Garfield heads the World Health Organization's Department of Health and Nutrition Tracking Service. He spent six weeks in Burma and participated in the assessment mission.
加菲尔德是世界卫生组织卫生和营养跟踪部负责人。他在缅甸待了6个星期，并参与了评估工作。
He says he was surprised to see that 80 percent of people in the affected areas had had access to a health service before the Cyclone struck. He says that does not mean that conditions were good. But, he adds, they got much worse after Cyclone Nargis.
他说，他们很吃惊地看到受灾地区80%的人民在强热带风暴来袭之前享有医疗保健服务。他说，这并不意味着医疗卫生条件很好。但是，他说，那里的医疗条件在纳尔吉斯强热带风暴过后变得更加糟糕。
"What we discovered through this village-based assessment in interviewing 10 to 12 households in every village and the village leader was that there had been a good deal more response in the country from national assets and resources than we had known about before," said Dr. Garfield. "Not that that was an adequate response because the needs were overwhelming. But, there was a good deal more response than we had realized."
加菲尔德说：“我们以村子为基础进行评估，在每个村子都要跟10至12户人家和村长交谈。我们从中发现，为了应对灾难，缅甸政府动用的国家财产和资源比我们以前知道的要多很多。这倒并不是说他们的反应充足，因为需求量非常大，而是说缅甸政府做出的反应比我们意识到的要多很多。”
Dr. Garfield says he also was surprised to find the government had moved many physicians and nurses into the region in response to the Cyclone. He says WHO plans to rebuild the health facilities which have been damaged and destroyed and equip them.
加菲尔德博士说，他还很吃惊地发现，为了应对这场强热带风暴，缅甸政府向灾区派出了很多医生和护士。他说，世界卫生组织计划重建并重新配备被摧毁和损坏的医疗设施。
He says the agency also will train national health workers and help them improve their communications and supply systems.
他说，世界卫生组织还将培训缅甸的医护人员并帮助他们改善他们的通讯和供给系统。
"So, that within a year, we expect them to be considerably improved to where they had been in that region prior to Nargis," said Dr. Garfield. "This is the principle of "build back better." And, now we have a basis to figure out when we have reached that level."
他说：“所以说，在一年内，我们预计医疗设施能得到大的改观，达到纳尔吉斯强热带风暴来袭以前的水准。这是‘建造得比以前更好’的原则。现在我们就有依据估算出什么时候能达到那个水准。”
In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, Burma's military rulers were criticized for refusing most international help and for being slow in granting visas to United Nations and other aid workers. The generals also were criticized for not allowing foreign aid workers to move around freely in the Irawaddy Delta.
在纳尔吉斯强热带风暴过后，缅甸军政府因拒绝大部分国际救援，并在向联合国和其他救援人员发放签证上动作迟缓受到批评。这些军政府的将军们还因不允许外国救援人员在伊洛瓦底江三角洲地区自由活动而受到批评。
Dr. Garfield says this no longer is a problem. He says U.N. aid workers can go anywhere without government interference.
加菲尔德博士说，现在这已经不是什么问题了。他说，联合国救援人员可以在不受政府干涉的情况下到任何地方去。
