今年我去了中國中部的湖北。我和十幾歲的學生分享了重要的結核病相關知識以及保持健康生活方式的方法,,同時告訴孩子們保持良好個人衛(wèi)生的重要性,。在當地的村子里,,我遇到了一位完全康復的病人。我鼓勵他自己成為一名防治結核病的宣傳員,,這樣他就可以和更多的人分享抗擊結核病的經驗,。
On this trip, I also attended a ceremony to recognize outstanding TB campaigners. Most of them work at the grassroots and have great stories to share.
在這次旅行中,我還參加了一個表彰優(yōu)秀結核病防治人員的儀式,。他們中的大多數在基層工作,有很多精彩的故事可以分享,。
Let me tell you about Shili. She is a community health worker from Sichuan. One of her many tasks is to look after local TB patients. When the massive earthquake struck Sichuan in 2008, her hometown was among the hardest-hit. Despite the damage, she managed to re-establish direct contact with every one of the 540 patients under her watch. She walked mile after mile amidst deadly aftershocks to reach her patients and she spent some 20 days delivering drugs to those cut off from medication. As a doctor, she knew too well the importance of completing the drug regimen for TB patients. Her efforts paid off. All the 540 patients had fully recovered, with no single patient developing into MDR. What an impressive achievement!
讓我在這里同大家分享他們其中一人的故事,。她是一名來自四川的社區(qū)醫(yī)務工作者。她眾多的任務之一是照顧當地結核病患者,。2008年四川發(fā)生地震時,,她的家鄉(xiāng)是受災最嚴重的地區(qū)之一。盡管地震造成了巨大的破壞,,她還是設法與她負責觀察的540名患者重新建立了直接聯(lián)系,。她冒著致命余震的威脅,走了無數里路,,趕到這些病人的身邊,。她花了大約20天的時間給那些斷藥的患者及時送上藥品。作為一名醫(yī)生,,她非常清楚完成結核病患者藥物治療的重要性,。她的努力得到了回報。所有540名患者都已經完全康復,,沒有一名患者發(fā)展成多重耐藥性結核,。這是多么令人印象深刻的成就。