2002-09-02 Dengue Fever
This is Bill White with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. The World Health Organization says dengue (DEN-gay) fever isincreasing in parts of Latin America and Southeast Asia. Healthofficials say the…
2002-08-26 Human
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations HumanDevelopment Program has released its yearly study on the quality oflife for people around the world. The U-N report…
2002-08-19 Malaria Organism
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Researchers in the United States have discovered that theorganism that causes the disease malaria is genetically moredeveloped, and much older, than earlier thought.…
2002-08-12 Campaign Against Tetanus
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The United Nations Children’sFund, UNICEF, has launched a new program to protect thousands ofwomen and their babies against tetanus. Organisms that enter thebody…
2002-08-05 River Blindness
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Doctors in Cameroon have found that giving the drug that fightsriver blindness more often can reduce the organisms that cause thedisease. Eighteen-million people…
2002-07-29 Tools for Development
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Building things or making clothes can be difficult in developingcountries, especially without the correct tools. However, aninternational humanitarian organization called CARE is trying…
2002-07-22 Maternal Deaths Study
This is Bill White withthe VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, more than five-hundred-thousand women in developingcountries die while giving birth to babies. One of the causes formany of…
2002-07-15 US Money for AIDS in Africa
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. President Bush has announced a new five-hundred-million dollarplan to help prevent the spread of the AIDS virus in developingcountries. Mister Bush said the…
2002-07-08 World Day Against Child Labor
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The United Nations International Labor Organization has launcheda yearly event to help end child labor around the world. The first”World Day Against Child…
2002-07-01 Reproductive
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. A new report has been released about sexual and reproductivehealth education for young people around the world. PopulationAction International carried out the study.…
2002-06-24 ‘Facts for Life’
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, and the WorldHealth Organization have released a new version of a publicationaimed at saving the lives of…
2002-06-17 New TB Vaccine to be Tested
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. Scientists are preparing to test the safety of a new vaccinemedicine that could protect people against tuberculosis. Earlierthis month, researchers at the World…
2002-06-10 Campaign Against Polio
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. In nineteen-eighty-eight, world health leaders started a campaignto end the disease polio around the world. The World HealthOrganization, the United Nations Children’s organization,…
2002-06-03 Internally Displaced Persons
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. The word “refugee” describes a person who flees his or her owncountry because of violence, natural tragedies or politicalproblems. However, many people do…
2002-05-27 Child Nutrition Program
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Development Report. A new program has been launched to provide children in developingcountries with more healthy foods. Officials made the announcement this month during a…