VOA常速英语2017--非洲纳米比亚旱灾爆发

（单词翻译）

Drought-related water and food shortages are posing a risk to many in Namibia, and the U.S. government is providing help.

旱灾引发的水资源紧缺和粮食紧缺正威胁着纳米比亚的很多人，不过美国正在提供援助。

Through the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, the U.S. will purchase eight water tanker¹ trucks and promote community and school sanitation² valued at $1.6 million (N$21 million) dollars. Additionally, USAID, with funding from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, is rolling out $2.2 million dollars (N$28 million) for drought assistance activities to help malnourished HIV patients, pregnant and lactating women, orphans³, and vulnerable children in food-insecure districts in Namibia with a high HIV burden.

通过美国国际开发署(USAID, United States Agency for International Development)，美国将购置8辆水罐卡车，改善社群和学校卫生情况，投入达160万美元。此外，美国国际开发署通过艾滋病紧急救援计划(PEPFAR, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)提供220万美元用于旱灾援助行动，以帮助纳米比亚粮食紧缺地区营养不良的艾滋病患者、孕期和哺乳期的女性、孤儿和虚弱的儿童，这里艾滋病负担严重。

In collaboration⁴ with the Ministry⁵ of Health and Social Services, USAID will support the training of health extension workers to identify and refer HIV-positive individuals and vulnerable children that are malnourished. Referred clients will receive a medical assessment⁶ and, if needed, therapeutic⁷ nutritional⁸ feeding supplements, as well as counseling on improved nutrition and hygiene⁹.

通过与卫生及公众服务部的合作，美国国际开发署将支持健康拓展员工的培训，让他们能够辨别并推荐阳性艾滋病患者和营养不良的虚弱儿童。被推荐的人会得到医疗审定；如果有需要的话，还会得到营养补充的治疗，并获得提升营养和卫生状况的建议。

To support the Ministry of Gender¹⁰ Equality and Child Welfare's efforts, USAID will assist in expediting the registration¹¹ of orphans and vulnerable children for social grants to mitigate¹² the effect of drought on vulnerable children. In addition, USAID will work with the Office of the Prime Minister and UN organizations to ensure coordination¹³, technical support, and sustainability of the response.

为了支持性别平等与儿童福利部的工作，美国国际开发署将助力推进孤儿和虚弱儿童的社会津贴注册进度，以减少旱灾对虚弱儿童的影响。此外，美国国际开发署还将与泰国首相府及联合国多个组织合作，保证工作协调、技术支持稳定、响应持续。

USAID anticipates providing nutrition screening and counseling to over 42,000 people living with HIV and providing food supplements to up to 14,000 vulnerable children. These drought assistance interventions¹⁴ support the existing PEPFAR and Namibian government program to meet the UNAIDS targets to combat HIV in the country. Since 2005, the U.S. government, through PEPFAR, has invested over $1.1 billion dollars (N$15 billion) in the Namibian health sector¹⁵. In 2015, an additional $34 million (N$465 million) was dedicated¹⁶ to accelerate treatment for all in support of the Ministry of Health and Social Services' fight against HIV/AIDS.

美国国际开发署预计向4.2万多罹患艾滋病的人提供了营养检查服务和咨询服务，向多达1.4万名营养不良的儿童提供了粮食补给。这些中途出现的旱灾援助工作支持了现有的艾滋病紧急救援计划(PEPFAR)以及纳米比亚政府的项目，符合联合国艾滋病规划署(UNAIDS, The Joint¹⁷ United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS)抗击纳米比亚艾滋病的目标。自2005年以来，美国政府已经通过艾滋病紧急救援计划(PEPFAR)投入了11亿多美元于纳米比亚的卫生领域。2015年，美国又捐献了3400万美元，以加速所有病患的治疗，支持卫生及公众服务部抗击艾滋病的工作。

The United States stands with its partner, Namibia, to help meet the urgent water and nutritional needs of the people of Namibia.

美国始终与其伙伴纳米比亚一道，助力满足纳米比亚人民对水资源和营养的紧迫需求。