Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, is a former managing director at the World Bank, finance minister of Nigeria, board chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and African Union special envoy on COVID-19. She is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Global Public Leader at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
剑桥—4月12日,刚果(金)将迎来最后一位埃博拉检测阳性患者出院的第42天。
这个日子是一个重要的里程碑。它是病毒最大潜伏期21天的两倍,也是世卫组织给疫情结束盖棺定论的标准。如果一切顺利,这将是刚果(金)的重要转折点,也将是卫生工作者英勇和奉献的记功牌,其中一些人在医治疾病过程中失去了自己的生命。
刚果(金)在抗击埃博拉方面的成功因为一个事实而黯然失色:在这场战斗期间,大约有两倍的人因为可预防的麻疹疫情而丧生。决策者应该从百年一遇的重大全球健康危机中汲取一个重要教训,那就是他们必须竭尽全力不要让精疲力竭的卫生体系同时与两场瘟疫搏斗。
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