2006年VOA标准英语-WHO Lists Needed Drugs for Lebanon

By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
05 August 2006

The World Health Organization is urging donors¹ to be sure the medicines they send to Lebanon are ones that are needed and are not due to expire soon. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, the WHO is warning that poor quality or incorrect medicines may cause more harm than good. 

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A forklift carries a pallet of aid after it was unloaded from a ship ate Beirut port 
  
The World Health Organization says many of the donations of medicines for Lebanon are exactly what is needed. But, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib says many of the drugs sent are no good, because they are expired, partially² used or of uncertain quality. Sorting through all these medicines, she says, wastes valuable resources.

"This will have a burden on the warehouses³ of the country, which is already suffering from other problems," she said. "This will cost money, energy, resources to sort out these medicines, to destroy them, etc. So, it is very important to help, but to help in a rational way by knowing really the needs."

WHO says medicines and supplies for surgical⁴ interventions⁵ and chronic⁶ conditions, such as diabetes⁷, heart and kidney problems are in short supply. It says some of these can be purchased locally, but international donations also are needed to restock supplies.

WHO says donors should buy medicines from sources with reliable quality control that comply with international standards for packaging, labeling and other quality requirements. It advises potential donors to contact the national health authorities for updates on the latest needs and to consult WHO's Web site, which has a list of needed medicines and medical supplies.

Chaib also says Lebanon does not need any more field hospitals.

"Field hospitals are really very expensive," she said. "And, this money used to bring or to build these field hospitals could be more useful to help Lebanon, for example to repair any equipment or to provide urgently needed supplies, to pay some additional costs. So, we should know the needs and to provide it."

The World Health Organization is coordinating⁸ the health response in Lebanon. It has set up early warning systems in 60 places around the country to detect disease and respond quickly.

1 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

4 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

5 interventions   

n.介入，干涉，干预( intervention的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
• The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网

6 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

7 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

8 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白