Polio-英语听力

[00:00.10]From VOA Learning English, [00:02.46]this is the Health Report. [00:05.97]Researchers have appealed for new efforts [00:10.02]to stop polio in countries [00:13.36]where the disease never seems to disappear. [00:18.09]They say stronger health systems [00:21.19]and greater community involvement are needed [00:24.99]in three such countries [00:26.99]– Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. [00:32.41]All three have faced attacks by militants, [00:36.66]political unrest and a lack of trust among the populations. [00:43.21]The researchers made them appear [00:46.54]in the publication PLOS Medicine. [00:50.13]Seye Abimbola works for Nigeria's [00:54.28]National Primary Health Care Development Agency. [00:59.09]He says it's time to move away from what has been called [01:04.68]a leader-centric approach to polio eradication. [01:10.45]Such a methodology plays more importance [01:15.10]on leadership than shared responsibility. [01:20.16]Dr. Abimbola says parents often have reasonable concerns [01:27.01]about the safety of vaccines. [01:30.91]He says some families may have lost one or two children [01:37.07]to diseases like pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea. [01:43.11]A mother he says may wonder what the government [01:48.19]is doing about sicknesses other than polio. [01:52.13]Dr. Abimbola says polio immunization [01:57.30]should be part of a larger health [02:00.30]and development intervention program. [02:03.69]He writes, "the ambition of the global health community [02:09.30]to eradicate polio appears to be blinding it [02:15.66]to lessons learned about health systems over the past 30 years." [02:22.49]He says it is now more important than ever [02:26.95]to deal with people who distrust polio prevention [02:32.59]as human beings with real concerns, not as an opponent. [02:39.64]Further, he says it is important to somehow [02:44.09]show militant groups that health interventions are necessary. [02:50.65]For example, aid agencies say there have been cases [02:56.00]when even the Taliban in Afghanistan [02:59.94]has supported immunization campaigns against polio. [03:05.88]Seye Abimbola says the Afghan Taliban approves of action against polio, [03:14.97]because the group thinks of itself [03:18.41]as waiting to take control of the government. [03:22.40]In his words, when a militant group [03:25.81]wants the trust of the people, [03:28.47]they go at it by trying to do what the people want. [03:35.03]The doctor sees the support of the Taliban [03:38.83]as its way of seeking to gain legitimacy, [03:44.18]trying to seem responsible and worthy of governing. [03:50.23]And that's the Health Report from VOA Learning English. [03:54.68]I'm Milagros Ardin.