VOA标准英语2015--新基金欲支持儿童营养改善计划

New Fund to Support Nutrition Programs for Children 新基金欲支持儿童营养改善计划

International health officials say just two capsules a day of Vitamin A reduces the chance of a child dying by 22%. Children without iodine¹ lose 13 IQ points and stay one year less in school. Efforts to promote child health support vitamin and mineral supplements to rectify² the problem. They also support breast-feeding and foods fortified³ with health-enhancing nutrients⁴. But many high-impact programs are under-funded.

The new Power of Nutrition fund aims to change all that. The new effort will help mobilize one billion dollars for nutritional⁵ programs at scale by 2020.

The initiative now has $55 million  from the British philanthropy, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. It will leverage⁶ at least another $100 million from the International Development Association, part of the World Bank.

Matching funds

Other high profile contributors include the UBS Optimus Foundation ($26 million) and the UK’s Department for International Development, or DFID ($47 million). The World Bank and UNICEF will offer matching funds. They will multiply by five or six times every dollar in private contributions.

Michael Anderson, the CEO of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, says the Power of Nutrition will appeal to traditional and non-traditional donors⁷.

"We’re launching today arrangements to unlock the first $200 million of the one billion dollars of that [goal]," he said.  "The way [the leveraging⁸ of the money] will work is that to get to a billion we start with raising another $150 million more from private and non-traditional funders. That $150 million will be doubled by the Power of Nutrition fund to $300 million."

"So, we’ll match money raised from non-traditional donors with new matching funds from public funders, including DFID, which has been an anchor funder in this and a stalwart supporter. That $300 million is then multiplied again to $600 million to $900 million, depending on if it goes through UNICEF or the World Bank.UNICEF has promised to double funds contributed by new donors and [as for the World Bank], this will bring in money that will help mobilize IDA," he said.

Strengthening nutrition programs

The funding could be used by countries like Tanzania, which coordinates⁹ nutritional aid programs among nine ministries¹⁰.  Saada Mkuya Salum, the country’s minister of finance, said Tanzania has reduced stunted¹¹ growth in children by up to three percent a year with an effort that has political support from the grass roots to the presidency¹².

"We [are] trying to improve increase food fortification platform with wheat, flour and edible¹³ oil, " she said.  "We strive to ensure that domestic resources are injected into nutrition [programs].  Our population growth is high at three percent, so there is a lot of potential to support nutrition and by 2025 to become a middle income country. "

Experts say good health is crucial to boosting development and economic growth. They say countries in Africa and Asia lose up to 11 percent of their economic output from the effects of poor nutrition. On the other hand, experts say good nutrition results in children growing up to lead healthy, productive lives, with a good chance of becoming high wage earners. 

Tanzania’s minister of finance says her country’s efforts to improve child nutrition are now only receiving about 25% of the funding they need. Without the new Power of Nutrition initiative launched this week, says Salam, the dream of Tanzania progressing to middle income status will not become a reality.

1 iodine   

n.碘，碘酒

参考例句：

• The doctor painted iodine on the cut.医生在伤口上涂点碘酒。
• Iodine tends to localize in the thyroid.碘容易集于甲状腺。

2 rectify   

v.订正，矫正，改正

参考例句：

• The matter will rectify itself in a few days.那件事过几天就会变好。
• You can rectify this fault if you insert a slash.插人一条斜线便可以纠正此错误。

3 fortified   

adj. 加强的

参考例句：

• He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
• The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。

4 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

6 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

7 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 leveraging   

促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程：它才刚刚开始。
• Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话：给我一个支点，我可以撬动地球。

9 coordinates   

n.相配之衣物；坐标( coordinate的名词复数 )；（颜色协调的）配套服装；[复数]女套服；同等重要的人（或物）v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

11 stunted   

adj.矮小的；发育迟缓的

参考例句：

• the stunted lives of children deprived of education 未受教育的孩子所过的局限生活
• But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations. 但是好几代以来土地寡头的统治阻碍了这个国家民主的发展。

12 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

13 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。