Seth Berkley: The troubling reason why vaccines are made too late ... if they're made at all
سيث بيركلي: السبب المُقلِق لصناعة اللقاحات بعد فوات الآوان... إذا ما تم صناعتها بالأساس
Epidemiologist Seth Berkley is leading the charge to make sure vaccines are available to everyone, including those living in the developing world. Full bio
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nose and gums.
from low blood pressure.
لانخفاض ضغط الدم.
a mosquito-born disease
مرض ينقل بواسطة البعوض
an effective therapy or a vaccine,
the number of people
that we've known about it.
in the news recently,
all of the headlines and the fear.
كل العناوين و المخاوف.
deeply rooted about it,
and fascinates us
of a horrible death is high.
effective therapy or vaccine available.
أي علاج فعال أو تطعيم .
as many people as other diseases.
than viruses such as flu or measles.
من نظرائه من الفيروسات كالرشح أو الحصبة.
that it kills us and we can't treat it.
أنه يقتلنا ولا يمكننا علاجه.
that comes with Ebola.
that seems to defy modern medical science.
تبدو أنه تتحدى علم الطب الحديث.
vaccine candidates available now
تطعيماً مرشحاً ومتاحاً
are just going into clinical trials now?
للتجارب السريرية الآن؟
problem we have
التي تواجهنا
for infectious diseases.
to pay for vaccines.
الدفع لقاء اللقاحات.
of market incentives
من الحوافز التسويقية
who are at risk in wealthy countries.
الذين هم في خطر في الدول الثرية.
no market at all,
للقاحات أي سوقٍ إطلاقاً,
in late-stage clinical trials now,
مرحلة متأخرة من التجارب السريرية,
of a somewhat misguided fear.
and the anthrax attacks,
الحادي عشر من سبتمبر
people perceived Ebola
الذي يمكن ان تسببه إيبولا
أسلحةً كيميائيةً للإرهابيين.
wasn't fully developed at this point?
بشكل كامل في هذه المرحلة؟
it was really difficult --
صعبة بشكلٍ جزئي
to weaponize the virus,
بمكان استعمال الفايروس كسلاح
of the financial risk in developing it.
المترتب على تطوير هكذا لقاح.
the pathogen poses to people,
التي يحتاجها الناس,
to develop these vaccines.
لتطوير هكذا لقاحات.
is expensive and complicated.
of millions of dollars
لمئات ملايين الدولارات
and turn it into a viable vaccine.
الامور لأمراض مثل الايبولا،
to remove some of these barriers.
when there's a complete market failure.
فشل كامل في السوق لتأمين اللقاح.
or some type of subsidy.
بعض أنواع المعونات.
at being able to figure out
that most threaten us.
we then create the ability
الدول ومن ثم خلق القدرة
epidemiological and laboratory networks
الوبائية والمختبرية الخاصة.
and categorizing these pathogens.
وفرز مسببات الأمراض.
and genetic diversity,
to help us understand
immunologically,
with a complete market failure,
إلى فشل كامل بالسوق الدوائية,
we view and prevent infectious diseases.
ومنعنا للأمراض المعدية.
until we see evidence
before we consider it as one.
of an infectious disease,
transported to wealthy countries,
المنقولة إلى الدول الغنية,
of dedicated vaccine companies,
in the Ebola countries --
في الدول المصابة بوباء الأيبولا
that are following behind.
permanently patrolling the oceans
يقوم بدوريات دائمة في المحيطات,
that almost certainly will never happen.
مقتنعاً بأنه لن يحدث أبداً.
and evolutionarily certain
it's not a question of "if," but "when."
إنه سؤال "متى" لا "إذا".
epidemics like Ebola,
الأوبئة مثل الأيبولا,
of investing in vaccine development
في قطاع تطوير اللقاحات
as the ultimate deterrent --
هذا المخزون كرادع مطلق
praying we never have to use it.
أن ندعو الله ان لا نضطر لاستعماله
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Seth Berkley - Vaccine visionaryEpidemiologist Seth Berkley is leading the charge to make sure vaccines are available to everyone, including those living in the developing world.
Why you should listen
Seth Berkley is an epidemiologist and the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organization protecting lives by improving access to vaccines in developing countries. Seth joined Gavi in 2011 in a period of rapid acceleration of Gavi’s programs. Now, with more than half a billion children immunized, he is leading Gavi’s efforts to reach a further 300 million children in the next five years and build sustainability into country immunization programs. Prior to Gavi, he spearheaded the development of vaccines for HIV as founder and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
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