2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《埃塞俄比亚儿童的死亡率下降》.docVIP

埃塞俄比亚儿童的死亡率下降 Ethiopia has more than halved its mortality rates for children under the age of five years during the last two decades, new UN statistics show. 联合国一项新的统计数据显示，过去20年间，埃塞俄比亚低于五岁的儿童的死亡率下降了一半多。 ? The report says Ethiopia has cut the number of child deaths to 68 per 1,000 births from more than 200 in 1990. ? The government attributed the improved figures to its growing economy. ? Despite the reduction, the UN Childrens Fund said Ethiopia needed to do much more to improve health facilities for pregnant women. ? Ethiopia is one of Africas poorest states, although it has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years and is one of the continents leading coffee producers. ? Its economy revolves around agriculture, which in turn relies on rainfall. ? The BBCs Emmanuel Igunza in the capital, Addis Ababa, says Ethiopia was once a byword for malnutrition in Africa. ? But the latest Unicef figures show Ethiopia is one of the few African countries on the path to realising the millennium development goal of reducing child mortality rates, he says. ? Ethiopias Health Minister Kesetebirhan Admasu said increasing household incomes had helped improve peoples health. ? This has also resulted in better nutrition for children [and] women; this has translated into better sanitation - all these have direct or indirect impact on the survival of children, he told BBC Africa. ? He said the government has also been aggressively expanding its primary healthcare network. ? We have now 93% coverage of one health centre for 25,000 people, which basically means one health facility within a 7km radius, he said.