In the past Western firms either ignored such countries or saw them as charity cases.

在过去，西方的制药公司要么忽视这些国家，要么将其视为慈善公益的对象。

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Companies take pride in the amount of money they give to charity, in many cases aiming to give 1% of total revenue.

企业都为他们捐赠给慈善机构的钱感到自豪，大部分企业都捐赠了年收入的1%。

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More than four out of 10 cases of breast cancer in the UK could be prevented if women adopted healthier lifestyles, according to a leading medical charity.

某知名医疗慈善组织表示，如果女性遵循更为健康的生活方式，那么英国百分之四十以上的乳腺癌就可以得以预防。

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And in some cases, they are totally dependent on charity to survive.

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"It puts them on an equal footing with business people not charity cases, " she said.

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Gates can likewise understand how much more will be achieved once we stop treating charities like charity cases.

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Such approaches contrast with the way businesses usually look at disabled people: as charity cases, or as needing lots of box-ticking compliance rules and as the source of annoying lawsuits.

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