加载中…和平队志愿者帮助泰国社区抗击登革热
(2012-02-17 17:14:20)
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和平队志愿者罗杰•布鲁贝克在泰国社区教人们制作捕蚊器以降低登革热的发生率。
美国国务院国际信息局（IIP）《美国参考》从华盛顿报道，一位和平队（Peace Corps）志愿者在他工作的泰国社区通过自制的捕蚊器帮助人们避免感染登革热。
到目前为止，和平队志愿者罗杰·布鲁贝克（Roger Brubaker）已经帮助900多人利用家庭常见材料制作了竹筒捕蚊器。
在和平队于2月8日举行的一次新闻发布会上，布鲁贝克表示：“在家里使用这些捕蚊器特别有效，因为这让人们为他们自己的健康和安全负起责任来，而不是依赖任何其他人。”
布鲁贝克还说：“如果人们为了他们自己的健康和全社区的健康投入了个人的力量，并且获得了有关防病知识，他们就更有可能作出有益健康的选择。”
据世界卫生组织（World Health Organization）提供的资料，登革热是一种由蚊子传播的病毒感染，会引起类似感冒的疾病，还有可能出现可能危及生命的并发症。
每一所房子里安放大约六个捕蚊器，这些捕蚊器用竹子、一个容积为1.25升的苏打瓶、一张金属网、几个图钉和回形针，以及一些草、水和一块深色布制成。
布鲁贝克毕业于宾夕法尼亚州（Pennsylvania）的迪金森学院（Dickinson College），他自2011年1月起就在泰国当社区发展志愿者。和平队志愿者在全世界开展疾病防治工作，他们讲授艾滋病（HIV）防治课程、提高高危人群的防病意识，并为帮助艾滋病孤儿寻求社区支持。他们还帮助当地居民掌握疟疾防治技巧。
自和平队项目于1962年创建以来，已有5,040名志愿者曾在泰国服务，目前，有106名志愿者正在该国工作；他们服务于教育和社区发展等领域；志愿者们均经过培训，而且都能用泰语开展工作。
2011年是和平队项目创建50周年。
美国国务院国际信息局 http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/iipdigital-mgck/index.html
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Peace Corps Volunteer Helps Thai Community Fight Dengue Fever
14 February 2012
Peace Corps volunteer Roger Brubaker teaches people in his Thai community to make mosquito traps to reduce the incidence of dengue fever.
Washington — A Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand is working with his community to prevent dengue fever by using homemade mosquito traps.
So far, Peace Corps volunteer Roger Brubaker has helped more than 900 people build the mosquito “ovitraps,” using common household products.
“The use of these traps in the home is particularly effective because it puts people in a position to be responsible for their own health and safety rather than relying on anyone else,” Brubaker said in a February 8 Peace Corps press release.
“If people are personally invested and educated in their own health, and the health of their community, they will be more likely to make healthy choices,” Brubaker said.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes flu-like illness and can develop into a potentially deadly complication, according to the World Health Organization.
Each house is equipped with about six traps, which are made with bamboo, a 1.25-liter soda bottle, a metal screen, thumbtacks, paper clips, grass, water and a dark cloth.
Brubaker, a Dickinson College graduate from Pennsylvania, has been working as a community development volunteer in Thailand since January 2011. Peace Corps volunteers work in disease prevention around the world, teaching classes in HIV prevention, educating at-risk populations and developing community support for children orphaned by AIDS. They also work to educate local populations on malaria prevention techniques.
More than 5,040 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Thailand since the program was established in 1962. Currently, 106 volunteers serve in the country. They work in education and community development, and they are trained and work in the Thai language.
The Peace Corps celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011.
(This is a product of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/iipdigital-en/index.html)
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