The World Health Organization ____13____ the DOTS3 program in nineteen ninety. DOTS is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tuberculosis patients take their daily pills to make ____14____ they continue treatment.
Earlier this year, an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program. The ten-year plan also aims to finance research ____15____ new TB drugs. The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old. The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development4 says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.
词汇:
cure n. 疗法,治疗;良药
bacterium n. 细菌
tuberculosis n. 结核(病)
inactive adj. 不活跃的,非活动性的
antibiotic adj. 抗生的 n. 抗生素
infectious adj. 传染性的
infection n. 传染,感染;传染病
mathematical adj. 数学(上)的
partnership n. 合作,合伙;合作伙伴,合伙人
alliance n. 同盟,联盟
注释:
1. World Health Organization :世界卫生组织
2. Harvard University :(美国)哈佛大学
3. DOTS :短期直接观察治疗
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