Reducing deaths from pesticide poisoning - Establishing a regional toxicology research centre.

世界卫生组织估计，亚太地区每年有近50万人死于急性农药中毒。斯里兰卡的项目将首次尝试系统地测试一系列策略是否可以减少农药造成的长期神经损伤和死亡。澳大利亚-斯里兰卡合作将在今后五年内致力于改进对亚急性和长期发病率的评估；促进“循证”治疗；开发新的解毒剂（并评估其成本效益），看看农药法规是否能降低严重或致命中毒的发生率。如果成功，该计划可能成为该地区如何大幅减少这一很大程度上隐藏的悲剧的典范。

The World Health Organization estimates suggest nearly half a million people die from acute pesticide poisoning in the Asia-Pacific region each year. The Sri Lankan project will be the first attempt to systematically test whether a range of strategies can reduce long-term neurological damage and deaths from pesticides. The Australian-Sri Lankan Collaboration will, over the next five years, aim to improve assessment of sub-acute and long-term morbidity; promote 'evidence-based' treatment; develop new antidotes (and assess their cost effectiveness), and see if pesticide regulation can reduce the rate of severe or fatal poisoning. If successful, this program may become a model for the region as to how to substantially reduce this largely hidden tragedy.