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  3. The World Health Organization (WHO) says its ten-year campaign to remove leprosy (麻风病) as a world health problem has been succ

The World Health Organization (WHO) says its ten-year campaign to remove leprosy (麻风病) as a world health problem has been succ

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问题     The World Health Organization (WHO) says its ten-year
campaign to remove leprosy (麻风病) as a world health
problem has been successful. Doctor Brundtland, head of the
WHO, says a number of leprosy cases around the world has (1)______
been cut of ninety percent during the past ten years. She says (2)______
efforts are continuing to complete end the disease. (3)______
    Leprosy is caused by bacteria spread through liquid from
the nose and mouth. The disease mainly effects the skin and (4)______
nerves. However, if leprosy is not treated it can cause permanent
damage for the skin, nerves, eyes, arms or legs. (5)______
    In 1999, an international campaign began to end leprosy.
The WHO, governments of countries most affected by the
disease, and several other groups are part of the campaign.
This alliance guarantees that all leprosy patients, even they (6)______
are poor, have a right to the most modern treatment.
    Doctor Brundtland says leprosy is no longer a disease
that requires life-long treatments by medical experts. Instead,
patients can take that is called the multi-drug therapy. This (7)______
modern treatment will cure leprosy in 6 to 12 months,
depend on the form of the disease. The treatment combines (8)______
several drugs taken daily or once a month. The WHO has
given this multi-drug therapy to patients freely for the last five (9)______
years. The members of the alliance against leprosy plan to
target the countries which still threatened by leprosy. Among (10)______
the estimated 600,000 victims around the world, the WHO
believes about 70% are in India. The disease also remains a
problem in Africa and South America.
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