en-us	Fighting fake medicine and supplies: It’s crucial in this pandemic
zh-cn	打击假冒伪劣药品和医疗用品：在新冠肺炎大流行之时至关重要

en-us	Even as we practice social distancing on a global scale, can we look to safety in numbers when it comes to health commodity procurement?
zh-cn	我们在全球范围内实行社交疏离措施之际，在医疗产品采购方面，我们仍能仰仗以量大制胜吗？

en-us	Some in the health financing world are thinking beyond the immediate COVID-19 pandemic to make sure lower- and middle-income countries don’t suffer a one-two punch.
zh-cn	当前，医疗卫生融资领域一些人士正跳出当下大流行的新冠肺炎（COVID-19）疫情范畴思考问题，以确保低收入和中等收入国家免遭连环打击。

en-us	The world’s supply chains for health products are groaning under the stress, and disruptions in sourcing and distribution will disproportionately impact poorer countries.
zh-cn	全球医疗用品供应链正因面临巨大压力而不堪重负，而货源找寻和产品流通环节的中断将尤其对穷国产生不利影响。

en-us	This situation is likely to worsen as huge COVID-19 emergency operations come on line.
zh-cn	随着各国纷纷采取紧急行动抗击COVID-19疫情，情况有可能变得更糟。

en-us	Shortages in COVID-19 related products are likely, opening the door to criminals who peddle falsified and substandard health products.
zh-cn	抗“疫”相关产品短缺有可能给倒卖假冒伪劣医疗产品的犯罪分子提供可乘之机。

en-us	The initial risk is fraud and corruption in the provision of supplies to fast-tracked programs that respond to the pandemic.
zh-cn	这方面的首个风险是向应对疫情的快速道项目供应医疗用品过程中发生欺诈和腐败现象。

en-us	A second hit could be even bigger, with manufacturing disruptions and shipping lags creating a market for fake versions not just of coronavirus-related products but medicines and medical supplies of all kinds.
zh-cn	第二个风险有可能更大，即制造业中断和海运滞后有可能形成假冒伪劣抗“疫”相关产品以及药品和医疗用品市场。

en-us	In the scramble to procure health products, expect everything from fake face masks and do it yourself COVID-19 test kits, to a host of unproven remedies and unregulated medicines sold online.
zh-cn	在多方竞相采购医疗产品过程中，我们会碰到各类物件——从假冒口罩和自制的新冠病毒检测试剂盒，到大量未经验证的疗法和网上售卖的未经监管部门批准的药品。

en-us	A perfect storm has already hit many countries in terms of preparedness.
zh-cn	一场大风暴已然袭击了很多国家，致使其缺乏抗“疫”准备。

en-us	Now, what measured steps should be taken to ensure that public health procurement can avoid an “every nation for itself” approach as demand outstretches supply on a massive scale?
zh-cn	当前，随着产品需求大大超出产品供应，我们应当采取哪些措施，才能确保公共卫生领域采购避免“各国各自为战”的做法？

en-us	One key is to improve coordination among health development agencies that provide international financing and programs.
zh-cn	一项关键措施是加强提供国际融资和确定相关项目的各卫生领域发展机构间的协调。

en-us	In their work across dozens of less developed countries, they often receive criticism for creating parallel supply chains.
zh-cn	这些机构在数十个欠发达国家开展工作过程中，通常会因构建平行供应链而受到指责。

en-us	But whether for HIV/AIDS, malaria, or a host of essential medicines and diagnostics, siloed programs have gotten good at delivering quality-assured health products to countries around the world.
zh-cn	但是，不论是针对艾滋病、疟疾，还是针对大量必要药品和诊断方法，单独项目能够很好地向世界各国提供质量有保障的医疗产品。

en-us	And it’s a long-term objective to help national health systems become more resilient through regulatory oversight and supply chain integrity.
zh-cn	通过加强监管和监督以及提升供应链完整性监督帮助国家医疗卫生增强韧性是一项长期目标。

en-us	Could there, however, be merit in donor-created “pooled procurement” mechanisms for times of crisis?
zh-cn	捐赠方为危机之时建立的“集中采购”机制具有优势吗？

en-us	Could aid agencies help countries by offering a more quality-assured and price-sensitive platform for buying essential medicines and other supplies during the long months of COVID-19 response that we can expect?
zh-cn	援助机构能够通过以下举措向有关国家提供帮助吗：搭建质量有保障且具备价格敏感性、用于在有可能长达数月的抗“疫”行动期间购买必要药品和其它医疗用品的平台？

en-us	The Pandemic Supply Chain Network, launched through the World Economic Forum, could help large agencies like UNICEF work toward basic protocols and advice for countries.
zh-cn	经由世界经理论坛启动的大流行病供应链网络可帮助联合国儿童基金会等大机构为各国制定基本规范并提供建议。

en-us	The U.S. Agency for International Development as well as the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria also maintain large-scale procurement platforms.
zh-cn	美国国际开发署及抗击艾滋病、结核病和疟疾全球基金（下文简称“全球基金”）也可也可负责维护大型采购平台。

en-us	In fact, the Global Fund spent significant time and resources to create Wambo – the pooled procurement platform that it hoped would be tapped by countries and development agencies alike.
zh-cn	实际上，全球基金已花费大量时间和资源建立了其希望各国和各发展机构能够使用的集中采购平台——Wambo平台。

en-us	Perhaps its time has come.
zh-cn	目前，该平台发挥作用的时机到了。

en-us	Many of the medical supplies that development programs rely on to save lives are manufactured in countries that are now coming under severe strain from the COVID-19 virus.
zh-cn	发展项目挽救生命所依赖的很多医疗用品由目前因新官疫情而承受巨大压力的国家生产。

en-us	Hence supply chain disruptions seem increasingly likely.
zh-cn	因此，供应链中断的可能性似乎日益增大。

en-us	Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund in Geneva, recently pointed out that economists didn’t do well in predicting the economic freefall that COVID-19 has brought.
zh-cn	总部设于日内瓦的全球基金执行主任彼得·桑兹近期指出，经济学家未能很好地预测COVID-19导致的经济直线下滑。

en-us	Public health experts, on the other hand, are very good at predicting disease spread and reacting to fill the health commodity pipeline.
zh-cn	另一方面，公共卫生专家很擅于预测疾病传播形势以及对填补医疗产品缺口产生影响。

en-us	Now is the time to think beyond COVID-19 and anticipate the supply chain chaos that is likely to ensue if we fail to act now.
zh-cn	眼下，是时候跳出COVID-19范畴思考问题并预测我们目前如不采取行动就有可能出现的供应链混乱状况了。

en-us	As countries struggle to understand and confront the coronavirus, none of us can afford that they lose ground in their ongoing battles against the diseases and health risks that we know well.
zh-cn	鉴于各国正努力认知并应对新冠病毒，任何人都不能承受它们未能成功抗击我们谙熟的疾病和健康风险所产生的后果。

en-us	And we can avoid making suffering worse by limiting the distribution of fake medicines and supplies.
zh-cn	通过限制假冒伪劣药品和医疗用品流通，我们就有可能避遭受更大痛苦。

en-us	Timely access to quality-assured medicines is not a luxury that can wait until the COVID-19 storm blows over, nor is it something that will die down when the outbreak subsides.
zh-cn	及时获得质量有保障的药品并非一件能够等到COVID-19风暴过后才可享用的奢侈之事，也非一件疫情消退之后渐行渐远之事。

en-us	In this time of need, more than ever, health financing and development agencies need a coordinated approach to health commodity procurement.   They should turn to the tried and tested tools that are in place to help save lives.
zh-cn	在当前这一艰难时刻，医疗卫生融资机构和发展机构比史上任何时候都需要一种协调的医疗产品采购方式，也应当采用经试用且验证有效的现有工具来帮助挽救生命。