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Mexico is the first country in the Americas to eliminate trachoma. So what is that?
墨西哥是美洲第一個(gè)消除沙眼的國家。沙眼是什么？
Globally, it's the leading infectious cause of blindness. It's caused by a bacterial infection, and if a person gets repeated infections, their corneas could be scarred or they could lose vision entirely.
在全球范圍內(nèi)，它是導(dǎo)致失明的主要傳染原因。它是由細(xì)菌感染引起的，如果一個(gè)人反復(fù)感染，他們的角膜可能受到創(chuàng)傷或可能完全失去視力。
About 1.9 million people worldwide are either visually impaired or blind from trachoma, according to the World Health Organization. Roughly 182 million people live in areas where they're at risk for catching it.
世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，全世界約有190萬人患有沙眼導(dǎo)致的視力減退或失明。大約1億8,200萬人居住的區(qū)域有感染的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
In Mexico, trachoma affected about 146,000 people. The state of Chiapas actually created a task force of doctors and nurses dedicated to eliminating the disease in 2004.
在墨西哥，沙眼感染了約146,000人。在2004年，恰帕斯州建立了一個(gè)由醫(yī)生和護(hù)士組成的工作小組致力于消除這種疾病。
Efforts to get rid of trachoma worldwide have increased in the last year. Health experts say 86 million people were treated with antibiotics in 2016, compared to 56 million the year before.
在世界范圍內(nèi)，去年消除沙眼的努力有所增加。健康專家表示，在2016年8,600萬人接受了抗生素治療，前一年是5,600萬。
Mexico is only the third country, behind Morocco and Oman, to receive WHO validation for eliminating trachoma. The health organization hopes to have the disease completely eradicated by the year 2020.
繼摩洛哥和阿曼，墨西哥是第三個(gè)獲得世界衛(wèi)生組織驗(yàn)證消除沙眼的國家。衛(wèi)生組織希望到2020年底徹底根除這種疾病。
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