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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 24 February 2006 With Reporting by Pauline Bax in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria Even as Nigeria's government gets serious about tackling bird flu among its poultry, many Nigerians
New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Kenya 新疟疾疫苗挽救肯尼亚人民性命 NAIROBI Malaria control efforts currently depend mostly on things like chemically-treated mosquito nets and spraying against the disease-carrying insects. But scien
Todd: So what was the hardest thing about the trip? Julia: The hardest thing was seeing this country which is so beautiful with such amazing people but struggling in so many different ways with so many different things. You know, historically the leg
冰岛新闻:芬兰计划在2040年将该国变成无烟国. 芬兰计划成为无烟国家 ICE News: Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs has set a goal of eradicating tobacco products from the country by 2040. The action plan, dubbed Roadmap toward
Bangkok 07 March 2006 A busy street in Bangkok As the 21st Century begins, environmentalists warn rapidly growing populations, combined with rising living standards in parts of the developing world, a
By Gary Thomas Washington 27 February 2007 The top U.S. intelligence officer says Pakistan could make more energetic anti-terrorist efforts along the Afghan border. But, he adds, Pakistan's military ruler has political concerns in an election year.
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 23 August 2007 Medical researchers studying the recent outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Uganda say common bats are the most likely source of the outbreak. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi
By Charlene Sarmiento and Jim Bertel Washington, DC 22 January 2007 watch State of Union report President Bush delivering his State of the Union Address in 2006 President Bush will deliver his State of the Union Address on Tuesday before both houses
By Lisa Bryant Paris 22 September 2009 After vowing for months to shut down an illegal immigrant camp near Calais, the French government began dismantling it, early Tuesday. Heavy equipment is used to clear the makeshift camp known as the 'Jungle' a
The recent rescue of an American cargo ship captain held hostage for five days by pirates off the coast of Somalia has heightened awareness of the piracy issue throughout the world. An 11 Apr 2009 French Defense Ministry photo of armed pirates and t
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
Study: Eradicating Cancer-Causing Infection Feasible A new study finds it may be possible to eradicate an infection responsible for an often-fatal cancer. The research also illustrates the complexities of that approach, especially when different trea
By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 November 2009 World leaders at a U.N. summit on food security in Rome are vowing to take urgent action to eliminate global hunger. But they did not agree in their final declaration to a U.N. request for $44 billion a
Civil Rights Pioneers Remember Struggle for Equal Rights WASHINGTON On July 2, many people across the United States are marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law. It's a sweeping piece of legislation that outla
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 October 2007 A rare outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Nigeria has prompted fears that current efforts to eradicate the disease in northern part of the country could suffer a major setback. The World Health Organization
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 13 June 2007 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched an initiative to raise regional awareness of human trafficking, especially children. Gilbert da Costa reports that the plight of children in th
By Uma Ramiah Ouagadougou 21 April 2008 African government and international business leaders have gathered in the capital of Burkina Faso to share innovative technology in use across Africa. Participants at the second annual ICT Best Practices Forum
Horn of Africa Polio Outbreak Thwarts Global Eradication Effort 世界卫生组织誓要根除非洲之角脊髓灰质炎疫情 The global community came tantalizingly close earlier this year to ridding the world of polio. But then in May, the eradic
Efforts are about to be increased in India to combat two serious communicable diseases - polio and malaria. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that India is to receive more than $500 million from the World Bank to increase malaria
Afghanistan and Pakistan are urging each other to do more to stop terrorism, blaming each other for violence in their countries during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret