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The Bush administration says it is more than doubling emergency U.S. aid to Zimbabwe to combat a cholera epidemic it blames on the government of President Robert Mugabe. U.S. officials are trying to increase international pressure on Mr. Mugabe to s
The International Organization for Migration reports hundreds of migrants lured to Iraq by promises of well-paid jobs are stranded around the airport in Baghdad. IOM says the men are living in dire straits without any means of going home. Abraham Ch
U.N. aid agencies said they are facing enormous difficulties in efforts to contain the deadly cholera epidemic that has affected thousands of people in Zimbabwe. They said the health system in the country has collapsed and even the most basic suppli
By Carol Pearson Washington 24 September 2009 The World Health Organization says the H1N1 swine flu virus should be part of next year's seasonal flu vaccine. The WHO says the H1N1 pandemic could affect up to one third of the world's nearly seven bil
By Fid Thompson Medina Gounass, Senegal 23 September 2009 Horse cart drivers transport goods and passengers through deep flood waters in Sicap Mbao, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, 12 Sep 2009 For the past two weeks, torrential do
South Africans are preparing to vote Wednesday in national and provincial elections. Candidates are making last-minute appeals to voters. South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission Chairman Brigalia Bam said her organization is expecting a turn
New UNICEF Campaign Targets Pneumonia, Diarrhea Global campaign Prompt and effective antibiotic treatment saved a child suffering from acute pneumonia. Not everyone is so lucky. In many poor regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, pneumonia and
Community leaders say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final campaign to bring about social justice won't be forgotten. One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaigns was to support striking sanitation workers who wanted higher wages and union repr
The conflict between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters in the North-West Frontier Province topped the agenda as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at 10 Downing Street. Britain's Prime Minist
Health providers and aid groups have mobilized to combat outbreaks of cholera in Haiti and Nigeria. Often causing extreme dysentery and dehydration, cholera arises from a strain of bacteria that is easily spread and hard to eradicate from infected zo
气候变化对健康的影响 WASHINGTON The impact of climate change is so great that it could undermine the last 50 years of gains in global health, according to the Lancet Commission report. 柳叶刀委员会的报告指出,气候变化的影响
Polio Chased From Southeast Asia WASHINGTON A swath of territory from India to Indonesia has been declared free of polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease. The World Health Organization said 80 percent of the worlds population now lives in are
I don't really understand, Hinduism the faith teaches respect and love for nature, this is the sacred Ganges, why are Indians doing this to the Ganges? Even i can't understand this, this is the river we worship and revere and whose waters we consider
DON GONYEA, HOST: Port-au-Prince, Haiti is a city of more than 3 million people with no sewer system. International donors have spent millions of dollars on infrastructure meant to help the situation. But a multi-year plan to build sewage treatment p
Horse-powered garbage hauler runs on city road A video out of Yunnan showing what appears to be a horse-driven garbage carriage has gone viral in China. The local sanitation department is denying the antiquated garbage hauling method. A local claimin
Education is Key to Mali Reconstructionl 马里重建,教育是关键 Conflict, flooding and food insecurity have battered Mali over the past few years. Now, with a new president and prime minister in office, efforts are underway to help ensure pea
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 July 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is urgently appealing for $5 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of flood victims in Pakistan. UNICEF estimates more than 1.5 million people are
By Steve Herman New Delhi 01 January 2008 India remains one of the few countries where polio has not been eradicated. Most of the world's new cases are reported in the subcontinent. While the total number of cases dropped in India last year, VOA cor
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States will do all it can to help the victims of the cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday. Mrs. Bush also said it is troubling that many Burmese learned about the cyclone only when foreign broadcasters like th
The European Commission is calling for Russia to halt its military incursion into Georgia. Tendai Maphosa has the details from London. EU flag outside European Commission's Berlaymont building The European Commission expressed extreme concern about