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So I'll walk you through a brief overview of what we're trying to do
我將簡單概述一下其中的內容
and then give you some highlights of the capacity building aspects which is something I'm particularly interested in as well
簡明扼要講一下能力建設的問題，這也是我很感興趣的一個問題
So as we go through PREDICT is really part of, is one of five initiatives that we're now at the end of year one
PREDICT是五個計劃中的一個，我們現在正處在第一年末
And so PREDICT is about a $75 million grant
PREDICT大概有7500萬美元的撥款
We're really charged with wildlife surveillance
我們需要負責野生動物監控
and finding out whether the passage of circulating in wildlife populations could spill over and jump to human populations
研究野生動物之間的病毒傳播是否會外溢并感染人類
The next HIV-1 for example
就像艾滋病毒這樣
But there are other initiatives that are part of it that are charged with capacity building for response to disease outbreaks
另外還有其它一些項目負責疾病爆發響應能力建設
for preventing future outbreaks by behavior change
通過行為改變預防未來爆發
identifying, doing laboratory capacity building, delivery gets new equipment to various hot spot regions of the world
進行實驗室能力建設，將新設備運往世界的熱點區域
So overall we're part of this emerging pandemic threats program funded by USAID
總之，我們屬于這個新發流行病項目的一部分由USAID資助
and our very small challenge is prevent, respond to and predict really what are the next pathogens of pandemic potential
我們這部分的任務是預防，預測下一種潛在傳染病病原體并作出反應
So you know, just an everyday thing to take on here
這就是我們每天要處理的事
But in a couple of areas that we were caring you see on the left, in Uganda the livestock, wildlife interface
這里是幾個我們關心的地區，左側是烏干達，家畜同野生動物的接觸點
where even if we build fences to try and keep the livestock away from the wildlife for example
就算我們在野生動物和家畜之間建起籬笆
the wildlife don't know, the livestock either, right
野生動物和家畜也不會乖乖待在兩邊
And so what we would like to do is contain disease in small areas and have these buffers
所以我們希望將特定疾病限制在小范圍地區，設立緩沖
to prevent spillover across the species that eventually might get to humans, but it's not always so clear-cut
防止物種間傳染病外溢，最終傳給人，但這中間沒有清晰界限
