Many Children's Deaths Preventable: WHO

Over five million children die each year from disease, infections and accidents related to their environment although many of these deaths are largely preventable, says the World health Organization.

On Monday, the WHO asked governments and citizens around the world to take action to create healthy environments for children as it celebrated World Health Day.

"The biggest threats to children's health lurk in the very places that should be safest-home, school and community," said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the WHO at the day's launch in New Delhi, India.

"Every child has the right to grow up in a healthy home, school and community. They future development of our children-and of their world-depends on their enjoying good health now. We have their future in our hands. Now we must work more effectively together to reduce the risks from the environment which our children face," Brundtland said.

This year's theme, "Healthy Environments for Children" focuses on the many dangers faced by children in and around the places where they live and play.

These include inadequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, insect-borne diseases, air pollution, chemical hazards and injuries from traffic, falls, burns and drownings.

Communities around the world organized events to promote awareness of children's health issues, which included drawing contests for schoolchildren in Vietnam, street plays in India, puppet shows in Namibia professional lectures for policy makers in Germany and elsewhere.

Activities also took place in cities across Canada on Monday, including Calgary, Montreal, Halifax and Ottawa.

Although children under five represent only 10 per cent of the world's population, they bear 40 per cent of the global disease burden, says the WHO. And as much as one-third of the total burden of disease may be caused by environmental factors.

World health Day has been celebrated on April 7th since 1950. Each year the WHO chooses a theme to highlight areas of particular concern. Last year's theme, Move for health, focused on promoting physical activity as part of healthy living. [衛(wèi)生類A]

譯文：世界衛(wèi)生組織：許多孩子的死亡是可以預(yù)防的

世界衛(wèi)生組織報告，每年都有500萬以上的兒童死于與他們所處環(huán)境有關(guān)的疾病、感染或事故，盡管其中的許多情況都是可以預(yù)防的。

周一，世界衛(wèi)生組織在慶祝世界衛(wèi)生日時，呼吁全世界的政府和人民都采取行動，為孩子們創(chuàng)造一個健康的環(huán)境。

世界衛(wèi)生組織的總干事高·哈蘭姆·布朗德特蘭博士今天在印度新德里的啟動儀式上說：“家庭、學(xué)校和社會應(yīng)該是最安全的地方，可是對兒童健康的最大威脅就是存在于這些本該是最安全的地方。”“每個孩子都有權(quán)享受在家庭、學(xué)校和社區(qū)健康成長的權(quán)利。我們孩子們未來的發(fā)展和他們的世界的發(fā)展都取決于他們現(xiàn)在是否能享有良好的家庭。”布朗德特蘭博士說，“我們現(xiàn)在應(yīng)當(dāng)更有效地工作，以減少我們孩子所面臨的來自環(huán)境的危險。”今年的主題“為孩子創(chuàng)造健康環(huán)境”重點關(guān)注在孩子們居住和玩耍的地方所可能面臨的危險。

這些危險包括，利用不到安全的飲用水和衛(wèi)生的環(huán)境、昆蟲傳播的疾病、空氣污染、化學(xué)品的危害和交通事故、摔跤、燒傷、溺水帶來的傷害。

世界各地的團體組織各種各樣的活動來提高對兒童健康問題的認識，像在越南舉行的學(xué)齡兒童的繪畫比賽、印度的街頭表演、納米比亞的木偶劇以及在德國及其他一些地方面向政策制定者們所做的一些職業(yè)講座。

周一，包括卡爾加里、蒙特利爾、哈利法克斯和渥太華在內(nèi)的加拿大各城市也舉行了各種活動。

世界衛(wèi)生組織說，盡管5歲以下的兒童只占世界人口的10％，但他們卻背負著全球疾病總量的40％，而全球疾病總量的1/3是由環(huán)境因素導(dǎo)致的。

自從1950年以來，每年的4月7日都作為世界衛(wèi)生日來慶祝。而且每年世界衛(wèi)生組織都選擇一個主題來強調(diào)某一領(lǐng)域的特殊問題。去年的主題是“為健康而行動”，強調(diào)了增強體育運動作為健康生活的一部分。[衛(wèi)生類A]

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