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世卫应对埃博拉疫情迟缓遭批

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 　　The World Health Organization has announced the establishment of a new fund to deal with future pandemics.

　　WHO Director-General Margaret Chan says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has taught them a valuable lesson.
　　"With the support of Member States, I am establishing a $100 million dollar contingency1 fund, financed by flexible voluntary contributions, to ensure we have the necessary resources available to immediately mount an initial response."
　　The World Health Organization is also setting up a new program to deal specifically with pandemic-related emergencies.
　　世卫应对埃博拉疫情迟缓遭批
　　The organization has been criticized for a relatively2 slow response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
　　The virus first began spreading in Guinea in December 2013.
　　However, it wasn't declared an international public health emergency until the following August.
　　It's estimated some 12-thousand people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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1 contingency vaGyi     
n.意外事件，可能性
参考例句：
  • We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
  • A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。
2 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

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