2005-05-02 World Bank Announces Plan to Improve Anti-Malaria Efforts
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank has announced a new plan to help fight malaria. The international lender says the fight against the…
2005-04-25 Plumpy’nut Aids Fight Against Hunger
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Nutriset is a food company in France that makes all its products for humanitarian aid programs. One of the most…
2005-04-18 Fear Incites Resistance to Efforts to Control the Spread of Marburg Virus in Angola
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Marburg virus has killed more than two hundred people in northern Angola. The rare virus has been deadly in nine…
2005-04-11 Researchers Develop an Experimental Treatment Against Cervical Cancer
This is Steve Ember with the V.O.A. Special English Development Report. Research scientists have developed an experimental treatment to protect women against cervical cancer. A new study found the treatment…
2005-04-04 Reusing Metal Waste Provides Work For Many in Developing Countries
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. People have been recycling metals for hundreds of years. Today, re-using metal waste or scrap provides work for many people,…
2005-03-28 Solar Cookers
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food over a smoky fire every day. It is often difficult to…
2005-03-21 Experts Say Simple Measures Could Save 3 Million Babies Yearly
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, four million babies die within their first month of life. That is more than ten thousand deaths each…
2005-03-14 International Women’s Day
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Events took place around the world last week to celebrate International Women’s Day. The March eighth observance came as thousands…
2005-03-07 U.N. World Population Report
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A United Nations report says the number of people in the world isexpected to reach six thousand five hundred million…
2005-02-28 Annan Seeks New Head of U.N. Refugee Agency
The secretary-general had decided not to take action last summerafter a U.N. investigation. He says he had received legal advicethat the accusations could not be proven. Mister Annan now says…
2005-02-21 U.S. Approves Foreign-Made AIDS Treatment for Developing Nations
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has given earlyapproval to a lower-cost AIDS treatment for developing nations. Themanufacturer is…
2005-02-14 Cloth Filters Fight Cholera
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A few years ago, researchers discovered a simple answer to a bigproblem. They found that the bacteria that causes cholera…
2005-02-07 Gates Foundation Gives $750 Million to Vaccines Alliance; $43 Million Goes to Malaria Drug Project
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The world’s richest man is giving away more of his money to fightdiseases in the world’s poorest countries. The Bill…
2005-01-31 Riecken Foundation Libraries in Central America
I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Andrew Carnegie became rich in the American steel industry. Buthe spent much of his life giving away his money. One of…
2005-01-24 Ann Veneman, U.S. Agriculture Chief, Nominated to Lead UNICEF
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special EnglishDevelopment Report. United Nations Secretary GeneralKofi Annan has nominated Ann Veneman to head UNICEF, the U.N.children’s agency. Miz Veneman is leaving office…