「疫苗爺爺」王春生：38年紮根深山，只為不讓悲劇重演

最新 10-14

Wang Chunsheng is a vaccination doctor at Xi』an county, China s central Hunan Province. His job is vaccinating children in the mountains.

王春生是湖南省桃源縣西安鎮的一名接種醫生。他的工作是為山裡的孩子們打預防針。

Epidemics have always been a major threaten to public health around the world. For children, who are more likely to catch diseases due to lower immunity, the negative impact could last life-long, or even be fatal.

傳染病一直以來都是困擾全世界的公共衛生問題。尤其是對抵抗能力弱的少年兒童來說，傳染病可能帶來終身殘疾甚至死亡的風險。

The fight against pediatric epidemics began in the early days of New China. In 2005, Regulations on Administration of Vaccines』 Circulation and Vaccination came into force. The regulations categorized the vaccines into Class 1: free and 「mandatory」, and Class 2: self-paid and voluntary. It also provided a detailed vaccination timetable for new-born babies. All these measurements effectively reduced the risk of children contracting common epidemic diseases, including tuberculosis, poliomyelitis and DPT, etc.

新中國對抗小兒傳染病的舉措從建國初期就已經開始。2005年《疫苗流通和預防接種管理條例》正式實施，將疫苗分為免費的、「強制免疫」的第一類疫苗，和自費自願的第二類疫苗，並制定了詳細的新生兒疫苗接種時間表。這大大降低了孩子們罹患肺結核、小兒麻痹症、白百咳等常見流行性疾病的風險。

However, promoting vaccination in rural areas is no easy job. During his career, Wang Chunsheng has encountered quite a few families that refused to cooperate.

但是，在鄉村地區推廣疫苗卻並不是一件容易的事。王春生在職業生涯中，遇到過不止一個不配合的家庭。

「The parents believed that when their children got sick, it would be the punishment of gods. They won』t accept any injections when the children remain healthy.」

「家長覺得孩子生了病，是上蒼給他們的懲罰。讓孩子沒有生病的時候就打針，他們不接受。」

To persuade them, Wang Chunsheng had to visit the families more than once. Every time he would bring some commodities for the parents and sweets for the children, hoping that the small gifts would help him win their trust.

為了說服家長讓孩子接種疫苗，王春生要去每戶人家不止一次。每次去的時候，他還要給家長買些日用品，給孩子們買些糖果，好開展工作。

Xi』an county situates in Wuyi Mountains, where live more than 3,000 families. Before the roads were built, it would take a month to travel around the whole community. The situation only improved in the late 1990s. Today, Wang Chunsheng still keep going over the mountains to vaccinate the children.

西安鎮處在武夷山脈之中，鎮上有三千多戶人家。公路修好之前，在鎮上走一圈，大概要一個月的時間。這種狀況，在90年代之後才有所改善。如今，王春生依然堅持翻山越嶺，挨家挨戶為孩子們打針。

The reason why it means a lot to him, is because he has witnessed a break out of measles in 1974. In a village of 700 residents, more than 360 were infected. In the end, about 20 children passed away. As a doctor who participated in the aid, his heart ached: 「That』s why epidemic prevention is so important.」

王春生如此重視自己的工作，是因為他曾經親眼目睹過1974年的一次麻疹流行。當時一個700多人的村，有360多人感染。最後，有20多個孩子去世。當年，王春生也參與了搶救，感到十分痛心。「所以，防疫工作一定要做。」

Wang Chunsheng asked the parents: 「If your children』s disease was truly a punishment from gods, how come others suffered the same? Why would it affect so many people? It』s in fact a contagious disease caused by a kind of virus.」 Gradually, more and more parents chose to believe him and let him do the injection.

王春生對家長們說：「假設孩子生病是上蒼的懲罰，那隻懲罰一個人就好了。為什麼懲罰這麼多人呢？所以這種病是傳染病，是病毒引來的。」漸漸地，家長們就相信他的話，讓孩子們打針。

Wang Chunsheng has been working in the county for 38 years. Many of the residents here were actually vaccinated by him when they were young. Now they entrust him with their children.

到現在為止，王春生已經為鎮上的居民工作了38年。這裡的許多人小時候就是由他接種的疫苗，現在，他們也放心地把自己的孩子交給他。

During these years, Wang Chunsheng has walked in the mountains for more than 100,000 km. 4 bicycles and 5 motorcycles were scrapped when he vaccinated over 6,000 children. For the last decade, there was not even a single case of measles, JE or meningitis, and the county has witnessed no break out of major epidemics or public health emergencies.

38年間，王春生走了10萬公里路，騎壞了4輛自行車，5輛摩托車，共接種兒童6000多人。近10年來，西安鎮沒有發生過一例麻疹、乙腦、流腦，未發生過重大傳染病流行及突發公共衛生事件。

Reaching the age of retirement, Wang Chunsheng decided to keep doing his job: 「Children are the future of the country. I hope every one of them could grow up healthily.」

雖然已經到了退休年齡，王春生還是決定接著幹下去：「孩子是國家的未來，我希望所有的孩子都健健康康地成長。」

Cameraman: Li Tao

Film editor: Zhang Yamin, Ma Mingyuan

Story written by: Zhu Siqi

English editor: Keely Stanley

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