Overview
- Lesson Title: The US Fights Malaria in Africa-This report is about the United States' efforts to help fight malaria in Africa.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Economics/Politics
- ILR Level: 1+/2
- ACTFL Proficiency: Advanced-Mid, Advanced-Low, Intermediate-High; This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Reading
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LO
- Publication Year: 2008
- ObjectID: HAUS_13050
Transcript
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Shugaba Bush ya kara kasashe Afirka takwas cikin wadanda zasu ci moriyar shirin yaki da maleriya Ibrahim Alfa Ahmed 14/12/2006 Shugaba Bush ya kara sunayen kasashen Afirka takwas cikin wadanda zasu ci moriyar wani shiri na rage yawan mace-mace daga cutar maleriya ko zazzabin cizon sauro da rabi. Shugaban ya fada yau alhamis lokacin wani taron koli kan cutar da sauro ke yadawa a fadarsa ta White House cewar za a kara sunayen Jamhuriyar Benin da Ethiopia da Ghana da Kenya da Liberiya da Madagascar da Mali da kuma Zambiya cikin kasashen da zasu ci moriyar shirin da ake kira Shirin yaki da Maleriya na Shugaba. Wannan shiri na shekara 5 zai samar da dala miliyan dubu daya da dari biyu wajen ayyukan rigakafi da warkar da cutar maleriya a kasashen Afirka. Kasashe bakwai dake cikin wannan shiri tun farko sune Angola, Tanzaniya, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda da Senegal. Tun fari a yau alhamis, uwargidan shugaban Amurka, Laura Bush, ta bayar da sanarwar wani sabon shirin dala miliyan talatin na taimakawa kungiyoyin jama’a a karkara wajen yaki da cutar maleriya a Afirka da kasashen nahiyar Amurka. Har ila yau ta bayar da sanarwar cewa shugaba Bush zai ayyana ranar 25 ga watan Afrilun shekara mai zuwa ta 2007 ta zamo ranar fadakarwa kan cutar maleriya. Fadar White House ta ce yara biyu suke mutuwa cikin kowane minti daya a sanadin zazzabin cizon sauro a nahiyar Afirka. |
President Bush added eight more African countries among those that will benefit from fighting against malaria By Ibrahim Alfa Ahmed December 14, 2006 President Bush has added eight African countries to those benefiting from an initiative to reduce by half the number of deaths from malaria or mosquito bite fever. The President announced today, Thursday, at the White House during a meeting on malaria, that the Republic of Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali and Zambia would be added to the countries that would benefit from the program known as the President's Malaria Eradication Initiative [sic]. This five-year initiative will provide $1.2 billion towards the prevention and treatment of malaria in Africa. The seven countries that have been in this program from the beginning are Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Senegal. Earlier today, Thursday, First Lady Laura Bush announced a new $30 million program for helping grassroots organizations fight malaria in Africa and the Americas. Furthermore, she announced that President Bush would designate April 25, 2007 as "Malaria Awareness Day". The White House says that two children die every minute on the continent of Africa as a result of malaria. |
Glossary
| Hausa term | English meaning |
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| faɗakarwa kan cutar maleriya | "Awareness on the illness of malaria" |
| Sanadin zazzaɓin cizon sauro | "Cause of malaria due to mosquito bite" |
| fadarsa | "His palace" refers to the White House. |
| karkara | A rural area that is settled and farmed |
| Ayyana | "Appoint" or "declare," as in _Shugaba Bush zai ayyana_ (President Bush will declare) |
| mace-mace | "Various deaths" refers to the mortality rate. |
| ci-moriya | "To exploit or benefit" refers to benefit from in the text. |
Notes
The US Fights Malaria in Africa 1. President Bush challenged the world to dramatically reduce malaria as a major killer of children in sub-Saharan Africa and pledged to increase funding of malaria prevention and treatment by more than $1.2 billion over five years. The additional funding provided by the United States will eventually benefit more than 175 million people in 15 or more African countries. This commitment to expand malaria prevention and treatment programs in Africa is in addition to the $200 million the US spends today on malaria prevention, treatment, and research worldwide. This initiative, in combination with a similar program announced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and efforts by Marathon Oil Corporation and Noble Energy, Inc., will increase malaria interventions in five countries: Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Equatorial Guinea. The president calls on other donors, foundations, and private, public, and voluntary organizations to complement the United States’ commitments by providing additional funding. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050630-8.html 2. For more information, visit the following links: www.AMREF.ORG http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121400878.html
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<note>1. Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It was once thought that the disease came from fetid marshes, hence the name _mal_ + _aria_ (bad air). In 1880, scientists discovered the real cause of malaria: a single celled parasite called _Plasmodium_. Later they discovered that the parasite is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female _Anopheles_ mosquito, which requires blood to nurture her eggs.
Patients with malaria typically exhibit flu-like symptoms such as high fevers, shaking chills, chills and sweating, headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pains to general flu-like symptoms.
Millions of people continue to be infected every year, and probably up to 1 million of them die. Although the United States is malaria-free, hundreds of cases a year are still reported here. Most of these are people who acquired the disease overseas.
http://www.rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/372/RBMInfosheet_1.htm
http://www.imcworldwide.org/content
2. Malaria accounts for one in five of all childhood deaths in Africa. Anemia, low birth-weight, epilepsy, and neurological problems, all frequent consequences of malaria, compromise the health and development of millions of children throughout the tropical world. Yet much of the impact of malaria on the world’s children
could be prevented with currently available interventions.
Over 40% of the world’s children live in malaria-endemic countries. Each year, approximately 300 to 500 million malaria infections lead to over one million deaths, of which over 75% occur in African children over five years infected with _Plasmodium falciparum_. The rapid spread of resistance to anti-malarial drugs, coupled with widespread poverty, weak health infrastructure, and, in some countries, civil unrest, means that mortality from malaria in Africa continues to rise. The tragedy is that the vast majority of these deaths are preventable.
http://www.who.int/malaria/cmc_upload/0/000/015/367/RBMInfosheet_6.pdf</note>
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<note>1. _Yaɗawa_ (spread, advance) refers to mosquitoes.
2. _Warkar_ (cured, recover [from illness])
3. _Har ila yau_ (and also, also)
4. _Yawan mace-mace_ (mortality rate... from mosquito bite)</note>
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<stim>What is the goal of President Bush's Initiative?</stim>
<fdbk>The goal of the Initiative is to prevent malaria and reduce the death-rate the disease causes in half.</fdbk>
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<stim>What facts about malaria affect the United States' decision to increase the aid?</stim>
<fdbk>Two children die every minute from malaria in the African continent.</fdbk>
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<stim>What other measures for fighting malaria are mentioned in the report?</stim>
<fdbk>Laura Bush announced a new $30 million program for helping grassroots organizations fight malaria in Africa and the Americas, and she also announced that President Bush would designate a "Malaria Awareness Day."</fdbk>
<hint>Note the announcement made by Laura Bush.</hint>
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