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[填空题]The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and (36) in the world. A new WHO report says the (37) use of alcohol kills 2.5 million people a year. And officials say action is needed to (38) the problem.
The WHO (39) the "Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2011" last week. The report shows young people at (40) , It says 320,000 people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-nine die yearly from (41) causes. That is nine percent of all deaths in that (42)
Shekhar Saxena is director of the Department of Mental Health and (43) Abuse at the World Health Organization. He says alcohol (44)
Consumption and harmful effects of alcohol are increasing in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, which (45)
The WHO has a plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. (46) . Officials say other mea
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The World Health Organization says lifestyle factors are at the root of the non-communicable disease crisis, which is responsible for millions of premature deaths every year. WHO is calling for global action to combat this epidemic.
The World Health Organization breaks a common misperception. It says non-communicable diseases or NCDs do not mainly afflict affluent people. On the contrary, it says 80 percent of all NCDs occur in lowand middle-income countries.
WHO says non-communicable diseases are preventable. It reports up to 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes and more than one-third of cancers could be prevented by eliminating the major risk factors. These include tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol.
What is the "common misperception" the WHO breaks( ).
A. Non-communicable diseases often afflict rich people.
B. Non-communicable diseases are curable.
C. Non-communicable diseases are preventable.
D. Non-communicable diseases are not caused by tobacco use.
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The World Health Organization says people need more
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[填空题]The World Health Organization says more effort is needed to stop the trade in counterfeit medicines. The United Nations health agency says countries must work together to fight the growing (26) from drugs that are not what they seem.
W.H.O. officials discussed the problem during a recent high-level meeting in Rome. (27) at the conference included representatives of government agencies, (28) groups and the drag industry.
Counterfeit medicines (29) people into believing they are taking something that will make them well. Instead, it might make them sicker or even kill them.
The World Health Organization says counterfeit drugs are part of a wider problem of (30) medicines. But it says the difference is that they are purposely (31) . Some contain no active substances. Some contain dangerous substances. Counterfeit drugs can also add to the problem of drug (32)
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