1 从 3000 万到 0：中国获世卫组织消除疟疾认证！
How China eradicated malaria
中国是如何消除疟疾的
Malaria has afflicted humans for thousands of years and has killed people on every continent except Antarctica. It was not until 1880, when Alphonse Laveran, a French military surgeon, performed autopsies（尸检） on malaria victims, 1_____ scientists understood the illness was caused by parasites(寄生虫) . In the 20th century alone as many as 300m people may 2 _____(die) of the disease — a chilling 5% of all deaths.
On June 30th China was certified "malaria-free" by the World Health Organisation (WHO), a status 3_____(grant)(授予) to countries that have seen no transmission of the disease for "at least the previous three consecutive years".
In the 1940s China had an estimated 30m indigenous cases and 300, 000 deaths a year. As 4_____(recent) as 2010 it recorded nearly 5, 000 cases, but that figure dropped to zero four years ago. China's 5_____(achieve) is a result of three policies: early intervention（干预）, surveillance（监测） and cross-sector collaboration(协作).
In 1955 Chinese authorities launched the National Malaria Control Programme, 6_____ promoted the use of insecticide sprays, improved irrigation and case-detection and increased the provision of anti-malarial treatments. Though simple, these measures helped achieve steady progress in the country. By 1990 mortality rates 7_____(decline) by 95%.
In 2010 the Chinese Ministry of Health brought together 13 government departments to implement the Malaria Elimination Action Plan, 8_____ ambitious scheme(方案) to eliminate malaria by 2020.
When the covid-19 pandemic hit, the Chinese government continued to monitor at-risk zones. Other countries, 9______, have had to redistribute resources usually reserved for malaria 10_____(deal) with the coronavirus. The WHO estimates that covid-19 disrupted about a third of countries' efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria in the first three months of 2021.
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1 that 2 have died 3 granted 4 recently 5 achievement
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