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…
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…
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…
2005-01-17 Energy-Saving Way to Recycle Bottles into Drinking Glasses
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Recycling makes things like paper or glass or metal useful…
2005-01-10 Helping Children After the Tsunami
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Aid officials are working to help the youngest victims of…
2005-01-03 Canning Food
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. People have always had to find ways to keep food…
2004-05-31 Home-Based Management of Malaria
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Malaria is estimated to kill another child in Africa every…
2004-05-24 New American Policy on AIDS Drugs
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. The United States has announced a new drug approval process…
2004-05-17 UN Supports Chinese Herbal Drug in Fight Against Malaria
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. The United Nations has decided to support a traditional Chinesemedicine…
2004-05-10 Midwives in Training
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Women trained to help with childbirth celebrated InternationalDay of the…
2004-05-03 Polio Vaccine 50th Anniversary
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Fifty years ago, no one knew how to stop polio.…
2004-04-19 80 Million Treated Against Elephantiasis
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Four years ago, the World HealthOrganization and other groups began…
2004-04-12 US Government Approves AIDS Test
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. The United States Food and DrugAdministration has approved a new…
2004-04-05 Malaria Vaccine
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Malaria is a very serious diseasethat kills more children under…
2004-03-29 Lack of Hope Blamed as Some Afghan Women Choose Death by Fire
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English DevelopmentReport. Reports from western Afghanistan say at least fifty young womenhave…