VOA常速英语:喀麦隆与美国针对公共卫生应急管理展开测试

Cameroon health officials are using new and upgraded tools to detect disease outbreaks at the earliest possible moment in order to respond effectively in a sophisticated exercise designed to test Cameroon’s public health emergency management preparedness.
喀麦隆卫生官员使用可尽早检测出疾病疫情的新升级工具，以便在复杂训练中实现有效回应，该训练是专为测试喀麦隆公共卫生应急管理准备而设计的。

The exercise began September 7th and ended September 15th.All of the tools and mechanisms that Cameroon, with U.S. assistance, has developed the last two years –such as improved laboratories, real time surveillance, point of entry, medical countermeasures, risk communications, a new cadre of “disease detectives,”and an Emergency Operations Center –- were tested in responding to a simulated cholera outbreak originating in a small parish near Douala.Representatives from Cameroon’s Ministry of Health, regional health centers, and laboratories along with experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, as well as other partners participated.
9月7日至15日开展训练。在美国的帮助下，喀麦隆在过去两年研制的所有工具和器械——如改良的实验室、实时监控、入口点、医学防护措施、风险沟通、一批新的“疾病侦探”和一个应急指挥中心——都要接受测试以应对杜阿拉附近一个小教区的一次模拟霍乱疫情。喀麦隆卫生部、地区医疗中心和实验室的代表、美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的专家和其他伙伴都参与此次行动。

This 11-day exercise allows participants and monitors to assess health officials’ proficiency in tasks ranging from the collection of samples and the use of rapid diagnostic tests to the activation of Cameroon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Center in Yaounde (a new facility currently under construction).Senior public health officials’ decision making processes were also observed.This exercise, rooted in Cameroon’s participation in the Global Health Security Agenda, or GHSA,is an important milestone that will test, document, and verify Cameroon’s progress in meeting GHSA’s important goals.
为期11天的训练使参与者和监督员评估卫生官员在任务中的熟练度，任务范围包括从样本采集和使用快速诊断测试到使位于雅温德的喀麦隆公共卫生紧急行动中心发挥作用，（正在建设中）。高级公共卫生官员的决策过程也受到观察。该训练是一个重要的里程碑，它源于喀麦隆参加全球卫生安全议程（GHSA），它将测试、记录、核实喀麦隆在完成全球卫生安全议程重要目标的过程。

GHSA was globally launched in February 2014 to improve the capabilities and reliabilities of nations worldwide to close gaps that allow disease outbreaks to emerge and spread.Cameroon was one of the earliest and most active members, which today counts more than 60 nations.Through GHSA, CDC Cameroon will receive more than 11 million dollars during the next three years in addition to the current ongoing investments of over 15 million dollars through various activities from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Agency for International Development, and CDC.
全球卫生安全议程于2014年2月在全球启动，以改善全球各国的能力和可靠性，使它们缩小疫情出现并蔓延的差距。喀麦隆是该议程最早、最积极的成员之一，迄今为止，该议程已有60多个成员国。通过全球卫生安全议程，喀麦隆在未来3年中会收到1100多万美元，此外还包括现有的各种方式投资的1500多万美元，它们是美国国防部防恐威胁署、美国国际开发署和美国疾病控制与预防中心进行的。

Cameroon joined the United States and 28 other nations as founding members of GHSA,a broad initiative to make the world safer and more secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases.The United States is proud to work with Cameroon and other nations to help protect those most vulnerable to deadly disease.
喀麦隆、美国和其他28个国家是全球卫生安全议程的创始国，该议程是一项广泛的倡议，使世界免受传染病的威胁，从而变得更加安全。美国很高兴能与喀麦隆和其他国家一起共同保护那些最易被致命疾病感染的人。