2002-12-16 UN Population Study
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations Population Fund has released a new study onthe condition of the world’s population. The main idea of the reportis…
2002-12-09 Tuberculosis Control Program in India
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. There are more people with tuberculosis in India than in anyother country in the world. Each year, tuberculosis infects abouttwo-million people in…
2002-12-02 Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Afghanistan has one of the highest death rates in the world amongpregnant women and women giving birth. This finding is from a studyreleased…
2002-11-25 Gates Foundation Fights AIDS in India
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The richest man in the world hasgiven India one-hundred-million dollars to help stop the spread ofAIDS. Bill Gates released the gift through…
2002-11-18 UN Honors Six Anti-Poverty Activists
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations Development Program recently observed theInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The goal was toimprove living conditions for the…
2002-11-11 WHO Tobacco Atlas
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization hasreleased a new report on smoking tobacco. It is called the “TobaccoAtlas.” The study says that five-hundred-sixty people…
2002-11-04 World 2002
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The life expectancy of peoplearound the world could increase by five to ten years if actionagainst common health risks is taken. This…
2020-10-28 UN World Food Report
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says hungerkills millions of people each year — especially children. The U-Norganization says millions more people…
2020-10-21 Meningitis in Africa
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts from Africa andinternational aid agencies have agreed on a plan to fight a new,deadly form of meningitis in Africa. The…
2020-10-14 Selling Kidneys
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Kidneys are important organs inthe human body. Under normal conditions, the body can perform withjust one kidney, even though most people are…
2020-10-07 AIDS Increasing in Five Countries
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish DEVELOPMENT REPORT. A new American report warns that rates of infection from the AIDSvirus will rise sharply by the year two-thousand-ten. The NationalIntelligence Council prepared…
2002-09-30 Dog Collars and Leishmaniasis
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Up to five-hundred-million people are infected each year with adisease called leishmaniasis (LEASH-ma-NIGH-a-sis). Most of thevictims are young children in poor countries. An…
2002-09-23 Bushmeat Hunting in Ghana
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. An American-based environmental group says hunting wild animalsin Ghana has become a serious problem. Conservation Internationalreports that more than thirty percent of wild…
2002-09-16 Vietnam and Malaria
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The World Health Organization reports a malaria control programin Vietnam has reduced the number of cases by ninety percent. The Roll Back Malaria…
2002-09-09 Health Problems in Afghanistan
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Afghanistan is facing a severe health care crisis. There is notenough food, shelter and clothing for all the people. There is alsoa serious…