VOA标准英语2012--Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women The World Health Organization recently issued new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The recommendations include getting more women on treatment sooner and staying on it for lif

VOA标准英语2010年-PEPFAR to Train Thousands of African H

The success of PEPFAR the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief depends in large part on healthcare workers in African countries. But theres a shortage of those workers, as many leave for better opportunities elsewhere. As a result, PEPFAR has a

VOA标准英语2010年-Rural Sierra Leone Needs Trained Teach

Getting an education in rural Sierra Leone is difficult. Thousands of schools were destroyed during the civil war and many teachers fled to the capital or left the country. The biggest challenge to universal primary education is a severe shortage of

VOA标准英语2010年-Sierra Leone Working to Save Mangrove

Sierra Leone is working to preserve the ecosystem of coastal mangrove swamps that are threatened by people collecting firewood and harvesting salt. Harvesting salt along the coast of West Africa is an age-old business. But today conservationists say

VOA标准英语2012--US Aims to Empower World's Women Farmers

US Aims to Empower World's Women Farmers Women face a number of obstacles that men do not. They tend to own less land and have fewer rights to that land. They have less access to credit and training. And they have less input in decision-making. With

VOA标准英语2012--Unrest in Burma Clouds View of Government Reforms

Unrest in Burma Clouds View of Government Reforms The United Nations says there are now 110,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in Rakhine state since violence first started in June. Aid groups are still scrambling to treat the wounded and

VOA标准英语2011--Embassies' Diplomatic Efforts Extend int

Embassy representatives in Washington, D.C., work regularly with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and U.S. officials at the State Department. Nearly four dozen of them also extend their diplomatic efforts into city schools. They visit hundreds of 5th and 6t

VOA标准英语2009年-Fragile Four-Year Peace Prevails in Indone

August 15 marks the fourth anniversary of peace in Aceh province in Indonesia. The tsunami that decimated the region in 2004, killing nearly 170,000 people, and the immense international relief effort that followed helped end a 30-year separatist wa

VOA常速英语2015--针头重复使用导致柬埔寨村庄艾滋病感染

Cambodia Links HIV Outbreak to Needle Reuse 针头重复使用导致柬埔寨村庄艾滋病感染 ROKA VILLAGE, WESTERN CAMBODIA Health experts in Cambodia were alarmed when a cluster of villagers living near the countrys second largest city, Battam

VOA标准英语2014--苏丹学校成为空袭的目标

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VOA标准英语2014--中非援助会议在布鲁塞尔举行

CAR Aid Meeting Held in Brussels 中非援助会议在布鲁塞尔举行 Despite U.N. and French peacekeeping troops deployed in the Central African Republic, sectarian violence remains high. Since early last year, thousands of people have been kille

VOA标准英语2013--New York City Studies Response to Rising Seas

New York City Studies Response to Rising Seas When Hurricane Sandy struck last October, New York got a taste of what its future could be. One Brooklyn youngster, Jerry Gonzalez, was in the midst of it. The water was up to half of the door, and then w

Turkey Pushes Programs to Educate Syrian Refugee Children

Turkey Pushes Programs to Educate Syrian Refugee Children ISTANBUL With an estimated 500,000 Syrian refugee children in Turkey not attending school, the government is continuing to push for more educational programs. In a suburb of Istanbul, a pilot

VOA常速英语2015--避免意外怀孕及其风险

避免意外怀孕及其风险 A new study says the vast majority of unwanted pregnancies every year could be avoided if women had access to modern contraception. The findings appear in the online version of Human Reproduction. 一项新研究表明，

VOA标准英语2014--美国报告称基地组织分支的威胁增强

US Report: Al-Qaida Affiliates Pose Growing Threat 美国报告称基地组织分支的威胁增强 WASHINGTON The United States says a growing number of al-Qaida affiliates and other terrorist groups in the Middle East and Africa pose a serious thre

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NOEL KING, HOST: This week, comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed to a packed stadium in Montreal. He was in Canada as part of the annual comedy festival called Just For Laughs. Now, at the same time at the same festival about 10 minutes away, a group of

VOA常速英语2008年-More Urgent Humanitarian Aid For Central Africa

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 29 February 2008 The United Nations is asking for $32 million in immediate humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, says the aid will help stabilize a volat

VOA标准英语2013--为城市贫民提供食物和农作培训

Program Provides Food, Farming Education to Urban Poor 为城市贫民提供食物和农作培训 WASHINGTON In many U.S. inner-city neighborhoods, residents live in what is often referred to as a food desert - with few options for easy access to hea

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Says Pledges Helping Nations Prepare fo

By Luis Ramirez Beijing 04 April 2006 Dr. David Nabarro, UN's chief coordinator for avian influenza speaks to journalists in Beijing, China, April 4, 2006 The top UN official for avian influenza says

2007年VOA标准英语-Outspoken Burmese AIDS Activist Freed

By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 03 July 2007 A Burmese AIDS activist detained since May for advocating the release of the country's top political prisoner has been freed. As Joseph Popiolkowski reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the r