VOA慢速英语：也门药品严重短缺处于灾难边缘

Aid agencies are warning of a possible humanitarian disaster in Yemen, including severe malnutrition.

也门境内援助机构针对可能发生的人道主义灾难发出警告，包括严重的营养不良。

The agencies say up to 500,000 children lack food or nutrients in their diet. Yemeni hospitals are running low on simple medicines, they say.

援助机构声称，多达50万名儿童，他们的饮食中缺乏食物与营养。而医院基本药品也即将告罄。

Houthi rebels seized control of much of the country earlier this year. But the conflict between the Houthis and a coalition led by Saudi Arabiacould make the situation worse.

今年早些时候，也门的胡塞反政府武装夺取该国大部分地区的领土。但胡塞武装组织与以沙特阿拉伯为首的联盟之间的冲突可能使情况变得更加糟糕。

A boy sits next to a car destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's northwestern province of Amran, Aug. 29, 2015. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Al-SabeenHospitalcares for children and pregnant women in Yemen. The hospital stands in the middle of bombed-out buildings in the center of the capital, Sana'a. But the quality of medical services could suffer soon.

萨宾医院照顾也门的儿童与孕妇。医院矗立在首都萨那市中心被炸毁的建筑物中间。但医疗服务质量可能会很快下降。

The aid agency Save the Children provides support to the hospital. Save The Children spokesperson Mark Kaye recently made a visit to Sana'a. He spoke to VOA via Skype from Jordan.

该援助机构救助儿童基金会向该医院提供支持。救助儿童会发言人马克·凯耶最近到萨那进行过访问。通过Skype在约旦接受了美国之音的采访。

"Before the crisis it had a catchment population of about 300,000; but since the crisis that number has risen to almost three million, with the entire (population) reliant on it for specialist care."

危机发生之前，使用设施的人口大约有30万，但由于危机，人数上升到了近300万，全部人口的专科护理都要靠它。

Hospital officials say some medicines, treatments and other supplies are no longer available at the medical center. It has no more intravenous fluids, anesthetics and Valium. They also say the Al-Sabeen hospital cannot test blood for blood transfusions.

医院官员表示，医疗中心的一些药品、治疗与其他物资已经用光，已经没有静脉注射液、麻醉剂和安定剂。他们还表示，萨宾医院已经不能对输血进行血液检测。

In a nearby medical clinic, doctors are seeing a sharp rise in the numbers of malnourished children. More than half a million people are expected to suffer severe malnutrition in 2015.

位于附近的诊所，医生们面临着营养不良儿童的数量急剧增长。2015年，100万名儿童中，超过一半的儿童严重的营养不良。

Doctor Najibah Ali Al-Ghasal says the situation is serious.

萨那的Najibah医生表示：“局势非常严峻。”

"We are facing famine with our children," she says. "We can't...sit by and wait. We call on the United Nations to look at the children who are innocent and shouldn't be experiencing malnutrition like this, their fear, and theanxiety we are facing."

她说：“我们的儿童面临饥荒，我们不能......坐视和等待，我们呼吁联合国看看这些无辜的儿童，他们不应该经受营养不良这样的痛苦，看看他们的恐惧以及我们所面临的焦虑。”

Aid agencies blame the shortages on the blockade enforced by Saudi Arabiaand the bombing of the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida. Up to 90 percent of hospital supplies pass through the port.

援助机构指责沙特领导的联军封锁和轰炸胡塞武装控制的荷台达港，造成物资严重短缺。医院多达90%的物资都要通过荷台达港。

Mark Kaye says the blockade needs to be lifted.

马克·塞耶表示需要解除封锁。

"So what we really need to see is an unhindered access for these absolutely critical goods. Otherwise, more children and pregnant women will pay the price." Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

“所以，“我们需要畅通无阻地渠道来获取这些至关重要的物资，否则会有更多儿童和孕妇将为此付出代价。”

Aid agencies warn that across Yemen, about 15-million people do not have a doctor or health care provider. The agencies say that issue will likely prove the deadliest effect of the conflict.

救援机构警告说，也门各地有大约1500万人缺乏基本医疗，这可能成为这场冲突最致命的后果。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是Christopher Jones-Cruise。

Correspondent Henry Ridgwell reported this story. George Grow adapted it for Learning English.

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Words in This Story

catchment– n. the action of including or catching everything, especially water

reliant – adj. needing someone or something for support

anesthetics– n. a drug that causes the temporary loss of sensation

famine– n. food shortages

anxiety– n. a feeling of worry or nervousness

unhindered– adj. not blocked; open

access– n. a way of getting near or use of someone or something

absolutely– adj. surely

critical- adj. very important