Message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
根除產(chǎn)科瘺國(guó)際日致辭

23 May 2016
2016年5月19日

During my recent visit to Mauritania, I had the opportunity to visit fistula patients at a hospital in Nouakchott. I was moved and impressed by their courage and resilience. It pains me deeply that this preventable and treatable condition still exists in our world, mainly affecting the poorest and most marginalized women and girls, causing them even greater suffering and isolation.
我最近訪問毛里塔尼亞時(shí),有機(jī)會(huì)在努瓦克肖特的一家醫(yī)院探訪瘺管病患者。她們的勇敢和堅(jiān)毅讓我感動(dòng)和欽佩。讓我深感痛苦的是,這種可以預(yù)防和治療的疾病在我們的世界上仍然存在,主要在影響著最貧窮、最邊緣化的婦女和女童,進(jìn)一步加劇了她們的痛苦和孤立。

The persistence of fistula in some countries and regions is an indicator of very poor access to quality maternal health services. To end it, we must strengthen health systems and address broader development and human rights issues affecting women and girls: poverty, gender inequality, early marriage, early childbearing, and lack of education.
瘺管病在某些國(guó)家和區(qū)域持續(xù)存在,說明很難獲得高質(zhì)量的孕產(chǎn)婦保健服務(wù)。為結(jié)束這一狀況,我們必須加強(qiáng)保健系統(tǒng),解決影響到婦女和女童的總體發(fā)展和人權(quán)問題,包括貧窮、性別不平等、早婚、早育、缺乏教育。

All these aims are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed unanimously by world leaders in September 2015. Goal 1 on ending poverty, Goal 3 on healthy lives, Goal 5 on gender equality and Goal 10 on reducing inequality should make an enormous contribution to preventing and ending fistula.
所有這些目標(biāo)都是世界各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人2015年9月一致商定的《2030年可持續(xù)發(fā)展議程》的一部分。關(guān)于消除貧窮的目標(biāo)1、關(guān)于健康生活的目標(biāo)3、關(guān)于性別平等的目標(biāo)5和關(guān)于減少不平等的目標(biāo)10應(yīng)為防止和根除瘺管病作出巨大貢獻(xiàn)。

We have seen great progress on maternal and newborn health in recent years, and more than 70,000 women and girls have had their fistulas repaired since UNFPA and its partners launched the global Campaign to End Fistula in 2003. But two million women and girls around the world continue to live with fistula, and there are between 50,000 and 100,000 new cases every year. At present rates, most will die without ever receiving treatment – a heartbreaking and unacceptable situation.
近年來,孕產(chǎn)婦和新生兒保健取得了重大進(jìn)展。自人口基金及其合作伙伴2003年發(fā)起了全球消除瘺管病運(yùn)動(dòng)以來,7萬多名婦女和女童的瘺管得到修復(fù)。但是,全世界仍有二百萬名婦女和女童患有瘺管病,每年還有五萬至十萬的新病例出現(xiàn)。按目前情況看,其中大多數(shù)人將在從未得到治療的情況下死亡——這是令人痛心和不可接受的。

Fistula has virtually been eliminated in most high and middle income countries around the world, so we know that it can be eliminated in every country.
在世界上大多數(shù)中高收入國(guó)家,瘺管病已近消除。因此,我們知道每個(gè)國(guó)家都能夠消除這一疾病。

Today, on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, I call for an end to fistula within a generation. Let us use the momentum of the Sustainable Development Goals together with strong political leadership, accelerated investment and action, and passionate and committed champions, to achieve this historic and transformative goal.
今天,在根除產(chǎn)科瘺國(guó)際日之際,我呼吁在一代人的時(shí)間之內(nèi)消除瘺管病。讓我們借助可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)的勢(shì)頭,在強(qiáng)有力的政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下,以更快速的投資和行動(dòng),依托熱情和堅(jiān)定的倡導(dǎo)者,實(shí)現(xiàn)這一歷史性和變革性的目標(biāo)。
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