世界卫生组织第55届非洲地区委员会会议8月22日在莫桑比克首都马普托召开，WHO总干事李钟郁在会上表示，艾滋病和疟疾威胁着大约300万非洲人民。他宣布，该组织将把对这一地区的财政预算增加30％。

　　Malaria and AIDS threatened three million Africans the World Health Organisation (WHO) director Wook-Jong Lee told an international health conference, announcing a 30 percent increase in WHO's budget for the region.

　　世界卫生组织第55届非洲地区委员会会议8月22日在莫桑比克首都马普托召开，WHO总干事李钟郁在会上表示，艾滋病和疟疾威胁着大约300万非洲人民。他宣布，该组织将把对这一地区的财政预算增加30％。

　　据法新社8月22日报道，李钟郁在会议上表示，“艾滋病和疟疾威胁着超过300万非洲人民的生命。而且这些疾病还使众多非洲人民的劳动成果收到了损害。这就是为什么我们决定将这一地区的预算增加30％的原因。”

　　他还表示，在非洲大陆上，艾滋病、马尔堡出血热、疟疾、肺结核、霍乱以及小儿麻痹症等疾病已经造成了每年100余万人死亡。然而，要防治这些疾病则需要世界各国领导人的关注与支持。

　　莫桑比克总统阿曼多。格布扎在会议上指出，非洲各国在抵抗艾滋病流行的战斗当中，面临着医疗卫生系统不健全、财政资源和人力资源短缺的问题。而艾滋病肆虐也是造成这些国家和地区经济发展缓慢的因素之一。

　　报道说，将有约300人参加这个为期5天的会议，其中包括46个非洲国家的卫生部长及一些国际专家。

　　Malaria and AIDS Threatens 3 Million Africans

　　Malaria and AIDS threatened three million Africans the World Health Organisation （WHO） director Wook-Jong Lee told an international health conference, announcing a 30 percent increase in WHO's budget for the region.

　　"AIDS and malaria threaten the lives of more than three million Africans. These diseases are undermining the development efforts of the majority of Africans," Lee said.

　　"That's why we have decided to increase by 30 percent the WHO budget for the African region," he said.

　　No figures were immediately available.

　　The five-day meeting will be attended by 300 people including 46 African health ministers and international health experts.

　　"The AIDS pandemic, the Marburg haemorrhagic fever, malaria, tuberculosis, cholera and poliomyelitis, kill more than one million people each year, and to fight these diseases requires the support and attention of world leaders," Lee said.

　　Mozambique President Armando Guebuza pointed to the fragmented health systems and deficiencies in financial and human resources in the combat against the AIDS pandemic in Africa.

　　"The impact of AIDS in terms of morbidity and mortality is a factor in the weak economic growth of the countries of the region. This fact is linked to the fragmentation of the health systems and the insufficient human, financial and technological resources," Guebuza said.