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III. READING

  a. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.

                    campaigns        task     eradicated      outbreaks  agency

                            diseases          discourage                 against

Established on 7 April 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized (36) ________ of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Its major (37) ________ is to combat disease, especially key infectious diseases, and to promote the general health of the people of the world. As well as coordinating international efforts to monitor (38) ________ of infectious diseases, such as SARS, malaria, and AIDS, the WHO also sponsors programs to prevent and treat such (39) ________. The WHO supports the development and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and drugs. After over 2 decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1980 that the disease had been (40) ________- the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort. The WHO is nearing success in developing vaccines (41) ________ malaria and schistosomiasis and aims to eradicate polio within the next few years. In addition to its work in eradicating disease, the WHO also carries out various health- related (42) ________- for example, to boost the consumption of fruits and vegetables worldwide and to (43) ________tobacco use.

B. Read the passage carefully, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), and then answer the questions. The United Nations Children‘s Fund or UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children‘s Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors and UNICEF‘s total income for 2006 was $2,781,000,000. Governments contribute two thirds of the organization‘s resources; private groups and some 6 million individuals contribute the rest through the National Committees. UNICEF is currently focused on five main priorities: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality (including girls‘ education), Child protection from violence, exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy advocacy and partnerships for children‘s rights. Related areas of UNICEF action include early childhood development, adolescence development and participation, life skills based education and child rights all over the world. UNICEF‘s programs emphasize developing community –level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.