2007年VOA标准英语-Groups Vow to Address Staggering Infant Mortali
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Carol Pearson
Washington, D.C.
15 January 2007
watch Infant Mortality report
Every year, four million newborns die in their first month of life. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest infant mortality rate of any region of the world. Now there is a new push to save Africa's newborns as well as the newborns in other developing regions.
Anne Tinker
The most dangerous period in an African baby's life is the day he is born. This grim observation came at a conference in Washington from Anne Tinker with Save the Children.
"Up to 50 percent of all newborn deaths are on the first day of life. That's 500,000 African babies dying on their birthday. Seventy-five percent of newborn deaths are in the first week."
Another million African babies do not live long enough to take their first breath [are stillborn]. Last year, Save the Children joined forces with other organizations, scientists and doctors to find out why these babies die and how to prevent their deaths.
The result is the most comprehensive study ever on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings are hopeful: more than two-thirds could be saved with low-cost interventions 1 that even the poorest of countries can put in place.
Suggestions include tetanus shots for pregnant women, teaching women to keep their babies warm and snug 2 against their chests and breast-feeding shortly after birth.
The lifesaving techniques in this study can also be applied 3 to infants elsewhere, such as China and India, countries with high newborn death rates.
The African study is the first of a number of regional studies on infant mortality. It was financed by the United States Agency for International Development, the World Health Organization and donations from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Some video courtesy of Save the Children
- Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
- The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网
- He showed us into a snug little sitting room.他领我们走进了一间温暖而舒适的小客厅。
- She had a small but snug home.她有个小小的但很舒适的家。