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WHO: Almost 13 Million Babies Missed Vaccines in 2016 The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost one in 10 babies worldwide received no vaccines in 2016. 世界卫生组织表示，2016年全球有近十分之一的婴儿没有接种疫苗。 Th

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Broadcast: Feb 02, 2003 The U.N. Children's Fund units service is starting a weeklong campaign to immunize thousands of Afghan women against tetanus. This is part of a global campaign to eliminate mat

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 December 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says it is beginning a week-long mass immunization campaign in war-torn Somalia on Sunday. UNICEF says volunteer health workers aim to immunize 100,000 children and women in c

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Groups Seek $4 Billion

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Vaccines and chest compressions are both ways to save lives. Now, separate new reports say each could save more lives if they were used more. One report is from the International Federation of Red Cross

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2006年VOA标准英语-Child Immunization Campaign Under Way in Ghana

By Efam Dovi Accra 01 November 2006 In Ghana, more than five million children are being targeted for vaccination against measles and other diseases. The mass immunization campaign is under way at 95,00 vaccination centers. More than 38,000 health wo

2006年VOA标准英语-Nigeria Targets 10 Million Children in Campaign

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 27 June 2006 Lawal Manesara who is a polio victim rides on a skate board along a street of Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria is to launch an ambitious immunization strategy to halt the spread of polio in Africa's most populous country

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Nigeria's polio cases have increased dramatically this year as officials struggle to fight an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine three years ago. Gilbert da Costa looks at a new community-based drive to eradicate the crippling disease in this bac

VOA标准英语2009年-WHO to Increase Immunizations in Sub-S

World Health Organization agreed on initiatives to increase the immunization of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 18 December 2009 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative launched in 1988 has successfully obliterated polio in 45

VOA标准英语2012--Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide

Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide Haiti, Nigeria, Ghana -- 180 countries in all -- stepped up their immunization drives against deadly childhood infections to mark World Immunization Week. The GAVI Alliance -- a Geneva base

VOA标准英语2011--Rotavirus Immunization Protects People W

RotavirusImmunizationProtectsPeopleWhoDon'tGetVaccine Rotavirus causes severe diarrhea that kills more than a half-million people each year, mostly very young children. A recently-introduced vaccine has proved to be very effective and has shown some

VOA标准英语2012--New Immunization Effort Launched

New Immunization Effort Launched Over the next three months, about 50 million young people in seven African countries will be vaccinated against meningitis. Its part of larger campaign to eliminate the disease in 26 at-risk countries. Meningitis is a

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The World Health Organization said polio is spreading in Angola and has crossed into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, creating an international threat. A vaccine for polio was discovered more than 50 years ago, but according to data released

VOA标准英语2013--Researchers: Immunization Efforts Falling Short

Researchers: Immunization Efforts Falling Short Researchers said that despite progress immunizing African children against disease, vaccination efforts are falling far short of whats needed. They warn that vaccine supply and cost need urgent attentio

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Global Immunization: Despite Successes, Much More To Do Measles is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths worldwide. Not only does measles kill, but it can leave children blind, deaf or developmentally disabled, even while they are still in th

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Indonesia Sets National Days to Protect Children From Polio By Karen Leggett Broadcast: Monday, August 22, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. Mo

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By Carol Pearson Washington 24 October 2007 October 24th is World Polio Day. Since 1988, national governments, public health organizations and civic organizations have slashed the number of polio cases by more than 99 percent. But now the eradication

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 October 2006 watch Afghanistan Polio report The number of polio cases reported in Afghanistan so far this year is up sharply over figures tallied for the whole of 2005. As VOA's George Dwyer reports, nearly all of t