[ti:Chronic Diseases an 'Impending Disaster' for Some Nations] [ar:Steve Ember] [al:Health Report] [by:www.hxen.com] [00:00.00]如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享...This is the VOA Special English [00:02.75]Health Report. [00:04.31]When we think of threats [00:05.92]to public health, we often [00:08.23]think of communicable diseases. [00:10.67]But experts say [00:12.60]non-communicable diseases [00:14.79]-- those that do not spread [00:17.04]from person to person [00:18.43]-- are the leading killer today. [00:20.98]These are often [00:22.29]the result of poor diet, [00:24.40]environmental influences [00:27.14]including tobacco [00:28.63]and alcohol use, or genetics. [00:32.11]Now, the World Health Organization [00:35.18]has released its first [00:36.98]Global Status Report [00:39.10]on Non-Communicable Diseases. [00:42.39]In two thousand eight, [00:44.51]they caused sixty-three [00:46.87]percent of all deaths. [00:48.80]And eighty percent of those deaths [00:52.34]were reported in developing countries. [00:55.21]These countries are spending [00:57.70]billions to treat conditions [01:00.43]like cancer, heart disease [01:02.67]and diabetes. [01:04.79]The WHO says the costs [01:07.96]of treating non-infectious diseases [01:11.01]are pushing millions [01:13.43]of people into poverty. [01:14.93]WHO Director-General [01:18.10]Margaret Chan says: [01:19.59]"For some countries it is [01:22.14]no exaggeration to describe [01:24.88]the situation [01:26.06]as an impending disaster ... [01:29.13]a disaster for health, [01:30.74]society and national economies." [01:34.72]Conditions that last for years [01:38.04]are also known as chronic diseases. [01:41.83]Population changes are driving [01:44.57]the increase in cases. [01:46.50]Populations in many [01:48.94]developing countries [01:50.43]are growing quickly [01:52.42]and living more in cities. [01:54.66]Aging populations [01:57.16]also play a part. [01:58.97]Chronic diseases [02:01.15]become more common [02:02.78]as people get older. [02:04.77]Dr. James Hospedales [02:07.69]is a chronic disease expert [02:10.37]at the WHO. [02:12.05]He says chronic diseases [02:14.66]are a major problem [02:16.90]in big countries [02:18.45]like the United States, [02:20.32]India and China [02:22.56]and across Latin America [02:24.98]and the Mediterranean. [02:27.35]And they are expected to become [02:29.71]the leading cause of death [02:31.83]in many African nations [02:34.63]by twenty-twenty. [02:36.31]JAMES HOSPEDALES: "We cannot wait [02:37.05]until we have dealt with HIV, [02:39.54]dealt with malaria. [02:40.60]No, it's upon us. [02:41.41]As a matter of fact, [02:42.53]one of the major contributors [02:43.65]to tuberculosis going up [02:44.89]in several countries [02:45.89]is because diabetes is going up [02:47.01]-- and obesity. [02:47.69]So there is a link [02:48.50]between diabetes and TB." [02:50.55]Dr. Hospedales says [02:52.50]some middle- and low-income countries [02:55.42]are beginning to recognize [02:57.53]that their health policies [02:59.53]must deal more with prevention. [03:02.82]JAMES HOSPEDALES: "We estimate in WHO [03:04.13]that over thirty million lives [03:06.12]can be saved in the next ten years [03:07.92]by simple measures [03:08.86]-- reducing the level of salt [03:10.29]by fifteen to twenty percent, [03:11.92]reducing the amount of tobacco, [03:13.97]and increasing the number of people [03:17.52]who are at risk of a heart attack [03:19.94]and stroke to be [03:21.44]on simple preventive treatment." [03:22.32]The WHO is the United Nations' [03:25.31]health agency. [03:26.80]The General Assembly plans [03:28.73]to hold its first high-level [03:30.72]meeting on the prevention [03:32.34]and control of non-communicable diseases. [03:36.32]The meeting will take place [03:38.43]in New York this September. [03:40.99]And that's the VOA Special English [03:44.22]Health Report. [03:45.46]To read and listen to more health news [03:48.57]and for English teaching activities, [03:51.62]go to www.hxen.com. [03:55.11]I'm Steve Ember.如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享...