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By Suzanne Presto New York 31 August 2007 The U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Margareta Wahlstrom, says the humanitarian situation in Sudan's western Darfur region is worsening. From

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Somalia has one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to conflict. Now, a prolonged drought is adding to the country's many problems. A top U.N. official says he wants the Somali people to kno

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Civilians fleeing the fighting between the government and Houthi rebels are facing severe shortage of food. Children are malnourished to the point of starvation, and in some areas theyre dying from cholera and of diphtheria. My daughter got sick all

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Experts: Climate Change Is a Medical Emergency 专家称气候变化是一场医疗急救事件 Health and medical experts gathered in Washington this week for talks on climate change and public health. They met at the White House. The meeting was he

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from a health worker -- and longtime listener -- in Nigeria. James Uwaifoh says there are many food crops that were grown in the past but not any longer. He wants to know if it w

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Linda Blake | New Delhi 30 April 2010 A new study released by the Registrar General of India indicates that obesity-related diseases have joined malnutrition as leading causes of death. As India's economy grows, so does the temptation for many people

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Reports 500,000 Kenyans Will Need Assistance

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2008 The United Nations says it expects one half million people in Kenya, whose livelihoods were destroyed during post-election violence, will need assistance in the coming months. U.N. aid agencies report the situat

VOA标准英语2012--Study: Uneven Progress in Child Nutrition

Study: Uneven Progress in Child Nutrition A new study estimates fewer than half of developing countries are likely to reach the Millennium Development Goal to reduce child hunger. It says about 110 million children worldwide are moderately or severel

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WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid The U.N. World Food Program said time is running out to prevent the full impact of the food crisis in Africas Sahel region. It said a donor funding shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars could soon affect emerge

VOA标准英语2012--G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty

G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty Humanitarian groups say they want G8 leaders to make food security and poverty top priorities at their upcoming summit. The leaders gather later this month at Camp David in Maryland. In 2009, at the LAq

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Best and Worst Places to be a Mother

Report: Best and Worst Places to be a Mother A new report says Norway is the best place in the world to be a mother, while Niger is the worst. The humanitarian group Save the Children has released its State of the Worlds Mothers 2012 report. The repo

VOA标准英语2011-Meals on Wheels Delivers Food, Companions

Many elderly and disabled Americans are isolated by frailty, illness and at this time of year, in the northern states, extreme cold weather. Many also suffer from malnutrition. A non-profit program called Meals on Wheels provides and delivers more th

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 15 August 2007 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for the 1.1 billion Indians of all castes and religions to unite to fulfill the goals of those who led India to independence in 1947. VOA's Steve Herman reports

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