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FAO Opens Africa Conference 粮农组织召开非洲会议 The Food and Agriculture Organization says Africa is the worlds most food insecure continent. The U.N. agency is holding its 28th Regional Conference on Africa this week in Tunis. The FAO gav

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By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 03 January 2006 See report on Sudan According to the World Health Organization, there are 500,000 new cases of kala azar per year. Kala azar is a deadly epidemic sprea

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - For Native Groups, th

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some of the longest-lasting effects of colonization can be found in the health of the native people who were colonized. Indigenous and aboriginal groups are often less healthy than the people whose

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2006 The U.N. Children's Fund calls 2006 a make or break year for Sudan. UNICEF warns war could break out again if millions of refugees and internally displaced peopl

VOA标准英语2011--Thai Clinic Is One of the Few Health Care Options for Burmese Refugees

Thai Clinic Is One of the Few Health Care Options for Burmese Refugees Along Thailands border with Burma, tens of thousands of refuges have few health-care options. At one key clinic, health care workers offer advice for expectant mothers, dental eme

VOA标准英语2010年-Sahel Food Security Depends on Reinves

Women wait to receive baby food in southern Niger, during the launch of a UN-backed feeding operation aimed at fighting malnutrition among young children, (File) Ending the cycle of hunger in Africa's Sahelian region means reinvesting in local agricu

VOA标准英语2010年-Food Security in Zimbabwe Improves, Ma

A woman looks happy after receiving bags of food A new United Nations report finds food security in Zimbabwe has improved significantly, following government efforts to curb the food problem and international funding to subsidize farmers. But, the re

VOA标准英语2012--Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change

Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change Researchers say indigenous people are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Theyre studying how extreme weather events can trigger more disease outbreaks. Scientists say extreme weather events hav

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WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There

VOA标准英语2013--India’s Food Security Plan Met With Skepticism

Indias Food Security Plan Met With Skepticism With food inflation hitting 8.25 percent in May, New Delhi resident Geeta Kashyap bargains even harder at the market to keep costs down. As food prices rise, she is left to wonder how the poorest in India

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By Joe Bavier Dantchandou, Niger 10 April 2006 Scientists in Niger, the world's poorest country, are using a new high-tech satellite transmission system to help with rural health care. The network of

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 October 2007 The United Nations is launching an emergency appeal for $5.4 million to help more than 90,000 flood victims in Burkina Faso. The United Nations says these floods, the worst in decades, have caused widespread dev

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By Selah Hennessy Goma, DRC 19 December 2007 The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders says the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is rapidly deteriorating. An armed conflict in the east of the country has

VOA常速英语2008年-World Food Crisis Worsening

By Carolyn Presutti Washington 25 April 2008 Increasing food prices have sparked protests in five African nations and several more countries worldwide. United Nations officials are warning that food prices are likely to keep rising. Humanitarians wor

2007年VOA标准英语- US Food Aid Groups Debate Practice of Monetiza

By Margaret Besheer Washington 04 September 2007 The U.S.-based charity CARE recently made headlines for turning down some $45 million in U.S. government food aid. The decision to refuse the aid is tied to the group's opposition to the practice of se

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 U.N. refugee agency says the situation inSomalia's capital, Mogadishu, has calmed down, but remains volatile. It says 90,000 people fled the recent fighting between Ethiopian troops, backing the transitional go

VOA常速英语2007年-Africa Assistance Workers Report Ready-to-Eat F

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 10 December 2007 Many medical aid workers in countries facing nutritional emergencies extol the virtues of ready-to-eat foods. A nutrition specialist for Doctors Without Borders reported such therapeutic foods were us

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By Kurt Achin Jeju, South Korea 14 September 2007 Global warming is often in the news these days, usually in connection with changing, and sometimes destructive, weather patterns. But the World Health Organization says rising temperatures also have a