Pandemics

全球性流行疾病

Global authorities were slow, at least initially, to respond to the Ebola outbreak and provide resources to the countries affected, according to the organisers at Davos. So what lessons can we learn?

据年会组织者透露，各国政府面对突然爆发的埃博拉疫情大都反应迟缓（至少在刚开始的时候），不能及时向受创国家输送相关物资和人员以应对危机。我们能从中吸取哪些教训呢？

Panellists discussing the subject includeKofi Annan, former secretary general of the UN, as well as Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organisation. Alpha Condé, the president of Guinea, who has faced accusations of being initially slow to respond to Ebola, is also speaking.

参与讨论此议题的成员包括前联合国秘书长科菲·安南和世界卫生组织总干事陈冯富珍。几内亚总统阿尔法·孔戴因未能在疫情爆发初始时期采取有效的应对措施而遭到了各方的谴责，而他也将参与此次讨论。

The New York Times quoted him recently saying: “While shaving I think of Ebola, while eating I think of Ebola, while sleeping I think of Ebola.”

据《纽约时报》报道，他近日公开表示：“我刮胡子时在想埃博拉，吃饭时在想埃博拉，睡觉时还是在想埃博拉。”