目前，大旱、营养不良和贫困仍然顽固难除，爆发致命的腹泻病、让这个脆弱的国家陷入瘫痪的情景似乎难以避免。
With crippling drought, malnutrition, and poverty already endemic, an outbreak of deadly diarrhea seemed destined to paralyze the fragile state. But, despite the dire predictions, institutional paralysis was avoided.