2005年1月8日CET6大學英語六級改錯原文

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

　　

The World Health Organization says its ten-year campaign to remove leprosy as

a world health problem has been successful. Doctor Gro Harlem Brundtland is

head of the Geneva-based W-H-O. She says the number of leprosy cases around

the world has been cut by ninety percent during the past ten years. She says

efforts continue to completely end the disease.

　　

Leprosy is caused by bacteria spread through liquid from the nose and mouth.

The disease mainly affects the skin and nerves. However, if leprosy is not

treated leprosy it can cause permanent damage to the skin, nerves, eyes, arms

or legs.

　　

In Nineteen-Ninety-Nine, an international campaign began to end leprosy. The

World Health Organization, governments of countries most affected by the

disease, and several other groups are part of the campaign. This alliance

guarantees that all leprosy patients, even if they are poor, have a right to

the most modern treatment.

　　

Mizz Brundtland says leprosy has affected humans since the very beginning of

recorded history. However, she says it is no longer a disease that requires

life-long treatments by medical experts. Instead, patients can take what is

called a “multi-drug therapy,” or M-D-T. This modern treatment will cure

leprosy in six to twelve months, depending on the form of the disease. The

treatment combines several drugs taken daily or once a month.

　　

The W-H-O has given M-D-T to patients free for the last five years. The

international drug company Novartis has been manufacturing and providing the

treatment without cost. It says it will continue to provide M-D-T until

Two-Thousand-Five.

　　

The members of the alliance against leprosy plan to target the countries

still threatened by leprosy. Among the estimated six-hundred-thousand victims

around the world, the W-H-O believes about seventy percent are in India. The

disease also remains a problem in South America, especially in Brazil.

　　

The biggest barriers to completely controlling leprosy may be in Africa. The

World Health Organization says this continent is the second most affected

area in the world. Yet, the rise of AIDS and other deadly diseases along with

armed conflicts and social tension make treating leprosy in Africa difficult.

　　

This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.

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