NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient A development organization says the 21st Century has brought an increase in urban disasters. Its calling for a new approach to relief efforts as the worlds urban centers continue to grow. CHF International sa...
Health Report - New Effort to Fight 10 'Neglected' Tropical Diseases 健康报道 - 抗击十种被忽视热带病的伦敦宣言 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 A new campaign aims to f...
今天我们要学的词是in an effort to。 In an effort to, 意思是为某种结果而做的努力。南北苏丹就石油分配问题僵持不下。 Presidents from the two countries will meet in Ethiopia's capital this week in an effort to reso...
Health Report - Tobacco Companies Challenge Efforts in US, Australia This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tobacco companies are fighting efforts in the United States and Australia to make their products less appealing. In Washington, a fede...
Rescue Efforts Continue After Turkey Earthquake Search efforts are continuing in southeastern Turkey for survivors of Sunday's powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The number of dead reported has exceeded 200 and the death toll is expected to continue...
Human Rights Campaign Complements US Effort to Fight LRA U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send military advisers to central Africa to help in the fight against Lord's Resistance Army rebels follows a long, determined effort by rights groups...
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t...
African Countries Debate Using DDT in Anti-Malaria Efforts The chemical pesticide DDT has been banned by most countries for use in agriculture, but some continue to use it indoors to kill insects that carry malaria. In Zambia, it's an important part...
One day after President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Congress to intensify efforts to avert a debt crisis, the Senate appears to be doing just that. A recess has been canceled, and the president has been invited to Capitol Hill for direct talks with l...
Health Report - Child Vaccine Efforts Get Big Boost This is the VOA Special English Health Report. International donors have promised more than four billion dollars to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. That group, known as the GAVI A...
