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Indian Group Promotes Development by Bringing Water , Toilets to 700 Million People Hundreds of millions of homes across India lack running water and, therefore, toilets - which leads to disease and h
AS IT IS 2016-05-24 This Chewbacca Video Broke Facebook Live's Record This is Whats Trending Today: Since Facebook Live became a part of Facebook earlier this spring, some people and broadcasters have been making videos. There are many live videos ea
Making a positive difference in maternal health and reproductive choice through education, networking and organizing Adam Phillips | New York 15 March 2010 Photo: FCI/Women Deliver Jill Sheffield with staff at a clinic in Burkina Faso, where FCI has
The report is funded by many international organizations and development agencies. The lead author of the report, Uma Lele, is a former World Bank senior adviser. She calls the meeting a great opportunity for change and says not since the early 1970s
Africa Leaders Optimistic about Future of Continent Delegates to the summit came from various African countries and from World Bank, African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Program. Addressing the participants, Zimbabwean Presiden
The report issued by the WHO shows birth-related mortality declined by 34 percent during the past decade - from about 546,000 deaths in 1990 to an estimated 358,000 deaths in 2008. That is an annual rate of decline of about 2.3 percent. Although the
Texting Becomes a Health Tool in Kenya Mobile phone use in Africa has spread far, wide and fast. By the end of last year, it was estimated that 70 percent of the population would have a mobile phone. Now, the International Federation of the Red Cross
2015年世界粮食日 呼吁消除饥饿 October 16th is World Food Day, a day of action against hunger. 10月16日是世界粮食日,在这一天会反对饥饿。 The date commemorates the founding in 1945 of the United Nations Food and Agricult
非洲粮食安全现状的地区差异 A new report on Africas food security showed regional differences in progress. Western Africa led the continent in reducing the number of undernourished people since the early 1990s. The U.N. Food and Agricultu
30个国家易受类埃博拉疫情的威胁 A new report warns that nearly 30 countries are highly vulnerable to an Ebola-like epidemic. Save the Children says those countries have even weaker health care systems than Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leon
Ending Hunger and Undernutrition 终结饥饿和营养不良 A new report says ending persistent hunger and undernutrition should be top development priorities. The International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, has released its annual Global F
By Scott Stearns White House 14 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says he will continue to work through the United Nations to strengthen an African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns
Ban Ki-moon says he's very pleased to have both China and the United States officially become signatories to the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The leaders of China and the United States officially joined the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by dep
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 October 2007 Former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, calls climate change one of the most critical and threatening issues in the world today. Annan Wednesday launched a new organization, the Global Humanitarian
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 14 September 2007 United Nations and development officials say sub-Saharan Africa will not be able to meet U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing extreme poverty and improving health by 2015 without im
By Cathy Majtenyi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 29 October 2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia is the worst country in the world for press freedom. The international press watchdog group says that Ethiopian journalists routinely face cens
World Bank Issues Regional Health Reports 世界银行区域健康报告 The World Bank has released new reports outlining the health challenges facing six major regions. Those challenges include not only many types of disease, but road accidents as
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, D.C. 14 November 2006 watch Smithsonian museum report The north entrance to the two museums now reopened to the public The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, two museums in one historic b
By Scott Stearns Dar es Salaam 16 February 2008 President Bush is in Africa at the start of a five-nation trip focusing on economic development and the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush
The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp drop in the number of deaths among children under age five. The just released report, World Health Statistics 2009, shows 27 percent fewer children died in 2007, the last year for which statis