But, while more than 200,000 people perished in the tsunami disaster, an equivalent number of children die each month of malaria in Africa, a disaster I call a “silent tsunami.” Africa’s silent tsunami of malaria, however, is actually largely avoidable and controllable.
尽管死于这场海啸灾难的达到200，000人之多，可每月还有同样数目的非洲儿童死于疟疾，我把这场灾难称之为“沉默的海啸”。但非洲这场沉默的疟疾海啸在很大程度上是可以避免、也能够控制的。