Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressed the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on ending tuberculosis¹ (TB) via a video on Wednesday, calling for global efforts to put an end to the epidemic².

 

中国国家主席习近平的夫人彭丽媛，周三在联合国大会高级别会议上发表视频讲话，她呼吁各国应携起手来终结结核病。
 

 

Peng, who became World Health Organization's Goodwill³ Ambassador for TB and HIV/AIDS in 2011, shared her feelings and experiences with the attendees of the meeting, which took place in the UN headquarters in New York. She also shared the touching⁴ stories of the unsung heroes in China who have been selflessly dedicated⁵ to the cause of combating TB.

 

Peng, who is also China's National Ambassador for TB Control and Prevention, said that the control and prevention of the epidemic disease in China have made rapid progress and its victims are being diagnosed and treated more timely and effectively.

 

She also pointed⁶ out such progress has been made because of the great importance that the Chinese government and the entire society have attached to the cause as well as the enthusiastic participation⁷ of about 700,000 volunteers.

 

In some parts of China, TB prevention has become one of the key tasks in the government's poverty alleviation⁸ program, said Peng.

 

Now, China has seen continuous increases of case detection and cure rates for TB and decreases in morbidity⁹ and mortality, as many TB victims in the country have their lives renewed, said Peng, adding that the awareness¹⁰ rate of TB control and prevention knowledge has reached over 75 percent in China.

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