2012.7.21单词 Good news for children_the children says-优快云博客

报告显示全球儿童入学率相比1990年代提高了三分之一，婴幼儿死亡率也显著下降。这些进步得益于非洲和亚洲的发展中国家经济增长及国际援助政策的教育与医疗重点投入。然而，报告警告称，由于食品价格高涨和全球不平等现象加剧，儿童营养不良问题正在恶化。

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Good news for children!

This is a rare charity report bringing good news. It says that around the world the chances of a child going to school have risen by one third compared with the 1990s - and the prospect of children dying in their infancy has also been cut by about a third. This is partly explained, Save the Children says, by local economic growth in the developing continents of Africa and Asia. It also reflects international aid policies which have tended to concentrate on education and health - in aid circles schools and hospitals are sometimes called the "Darlings of the Donors".

But the report also warns that underlying child malnutrition is on the rise because of high food prices and global inequality. This is a more hidden problem, and more difficult to tackle. Save the Children said it welcomed the idea of a Hunger Summit due to be held in London during the Olympics. It called on donor countries to invest more in small scale agriculture and especially to support women farmers. The report said developing country governments should concentrate on reducing income inequalities and improving health care for mothers.