VOA标准英语2012--Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow

Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow 

This project to develop a vaccine¹ against tuberculosis² is just one example of the kind of work the U.S government has been supporting.

Overall, in fact, the United States contributed $12.7 billion to global medical research between 2000 and 2010. The money went to help develop better drugs, vaccines³ and treatments. And advocates say that effort should continue.

“Nearly 45 products were licensed⁴ for use in the developing world and of those products U.S. government helped invest in over half,” said Kaitlin Christenson, director of the Global Health Technologies Coalition⁵ - a group made up of 40 private health organizations. The coalition and the independent research group Policy Cures put together the report on the impact of U.S. funding toward global health products.

Dr. Javier Guzman, the director of Policy Cures, said it's about more than just fighting disease in developing countries.

“This is also about the U.S. economy. The report shows that 64 cents out of every dollar is actually going to U.S. based researchers and developers, and that is creating a lot of jobs," said Guzman.

Health professionals say it also makes sense to fight diseases globally because infectious disease knows no boundaries. They say it is critical to continue the fight against deadly infections beyond America's borders. 

Christenson said for the first time in many decades there now is a robust⁶ pipeline⁷ of new drugs and vaccines against killer⁸ diseases, such as malaria⁹, meningitis, HIV and tuberculosis.

“We can expect great breakthroughs in various diseases area,” she said.

“It is about renewing their commitments about sustainable funding and about making the funding smarter to clearly get the benefits from the investments,” said Guzman.

Global Health experts say that any scaling back of investments might imperil many products now in development. And they say continued U.S. funding is key to the next generation of global health products. 

1 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

2 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

3 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

4 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

7 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

8 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

9 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。