全球土著人面临健康问题

 　　UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous¹ people around the world suffer high levels of diabetes², drug and alcohol abuse, youth suicide and infant mortality, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon here on Monday.

　　Speaking at the launch of the State of the World's Indigenous People report on health, Ban said that "(Indigenous people) count among the world's most vulnerable and marginalized people," adding that this was despite the importance of their "history, traditions, languages and knowledge."

　　The new report found that the world's 370 million indigenous peoples "face a myriad³ of obstacles when accessing public health systems."

　　The report's co-author, Mukta Lama from Tribhuvan University in Nepal, described some of these obstacles at the launch, saying that they were "due to language barriers, due to geographic⁴ remoteness where they live, and also due to culturally insensitive approaches to health care systems taken by the government."

　　Indigenous people worldwide face myriad health challenges: UN

　　Speakers at the event gave examples of health challenges, from different Indigenous communities around the world.

　　"Among Inuit youth in Canada, suicide rates are among the highest in the world, 11-times the national average," said Ban.

　　"In Australia, many Aboriginal⁵ communities have a diabetes rate six times higher than the general population," he added.

　　Megan Davis, Chair of the Forum⁶ on Indigenous Issues, added that diabetes is a problem for Indigenous people around the world.

　　"Worldwide over 50 percent of indigenous adults over 35 years of age have type two diabetes, and these numbers are predicted to rise," she said.

　　"In Canada and the United States death rates from tuberculosis⁷, alcoholism diabetes and suicide amongst the indigenous people are much higher than amongst the non-indigenous populations," she added.

　　Jeffrey Reading from University of Victoria, Canada, who edited the report, said that food insecurity among Indigenous populations, has contributed to over-reliance on poor-quality foods and an increase in non-communicable diseases.

　　"Food insecurity led to the alternatives which was store-bought foods with low nutritional⁸ content which is driving the global epidemic⁹ in obesity," said Reading.

　　Many of the speakers acknowledged that Indigenous people in different parts of the world experience similar health problems, often linked to their marginalization and poverty.

　　Davis and Lama both called for disaggregated data -- meaning that governments should provide separate data on the health of Indigenous peoples due to their different health outcomes.

1 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

3 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

4 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

6 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

7 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

8 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

9 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。