爱思英语编者按：全世界超过三亿女性患有孕产并发症。在每一位因孕产相关原因死亡的女性中，孕产妇发病率涉及至少二十位女性，产科瘘是其中最为严重的形式之一。“消除妇科瘘运动”由联合国人口基金及其合作方于2003年创办，现今已扩展至非洲、亚洲及阿拉伯地区的五十个国家。在第A/RES/67/147号决议中，联合国大会呼吁国际社会利用每年的国际日来大力提高推进人们对于终止产科瘘的意识和行动。

Message on International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
根除产科瘘国际日致辞

23 May 2014
2014年5月23日

It is an appalling fact that in our world of modern medical advances, nearly 800 women still die from pregnancy-related complications each day, and for every woman who dies, almost 20 more are injured or disabled with severe or life-shattering, long-term conditions such as obstetric fistula.

在现代医学进步的世界里，每天仍有近800名妇女死于与妊娠有关的并发症，而且，凡有一位妇女因与妊娠有关的并发症而死亡，大约就有另外20名妇女因这种并发症而受伤或致残，并造成严重影响生活的长期状况，如产科瘘管病。这是令人震惊的。

This International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is an opportunity to sound the alarm on this tragedy so that we may galvanize action to end it. Progress is possible. Over the past dozen years, some 47,000 women and girls have received surgical treatment supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

根除产科瘘国际日使我们有机会就这一悲剧发出警报，以便可以激发根除该疾病的行动。我们有可能取得进展。过去十几年中，在联合国人口基金（人口基金）支持下，约有47000名妇女和女童接受了手术治疗。

Registering and tracking each woman and girl with fistula can help ensure that more individuals receive treatment, survivors stay healthy and their future babies thrive. The Every Woman Every Child initiative can help advance progress by mobilizing partners to support all those who need help.

登记和跟踪每名患有瘘管病的妇女和女童，可帮助确保更多的人接受治疗，幸存者保持健康，而且，她们未来的婴儿能茁壮成长。通过动员合作伙伴支持所有那些需要帮助者，“每个妇女每个儿童”倡议有助于推动进展。

Addressing obstetric fistula is more than a matter of health; it is a human rights imperative. This condition is one of the most devastating consequences of neglected childbirth and a stark reflection of inequality at its worst. Although fistula is now virtually unheard of in industrialized countries, it continues to afflict the most impoverished women and adolescent girls in many developing countries. If left untreated, it can contribute to social isolation and depression and lead to chronic medical problems, even the loss of the child

治疗产科瘘管病不仅是健康问题；而且是人权要务。这种状况是生育遭到忽视的最严重后果之一，也是不平等现象最为严重的一个鲜明例证。虽然瘘管病在当今工业化国家几乎闻所未闻，它继续困扰着许多发展中国家最贫穷的妇女和少女。如果不进行治疗，它可能导致社会孤立和抑郁，并导致慢性疾病问题，甚至婴儿死亡。

Fistula is fully preventable when all women and girls have access to high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, especially family planning, maternal health care and emergency obstetric care.

如果所有妇女和女童有机会获得高质量、全面的性健康和生殖健康服务，特别是计划生育、产妇保健护理和紧急产科护理，瘘管病是完全可以预防的。

On this International Day, I call on partners to support the UNFPA-led global Campaign to End Fistula. Let us join forces to eliminate this global social injustice.

值此国际日之际，我呼吁合作伙伴支持人口基金牵头的全球根除瘘管病运动。让我们携手努力，消除这个全球社会不公平现象。