Sensations English Logo
LEVEL B1

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

Hide View

World Health Organisation Director Tedros Adhanom has made an important announcement.

The WHO has supported the first malaria vaccine for Africa.

Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.

It kills over 400,000 people a year, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa.

The vaccine was tried in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where it was a success.

Matshidiso Moeti is WHO Africa Director.

The vaccine was first produced by GlaxoSmithKline in 1987.

And now, 30 years later, it is ready to be used.

It's recommended for children in areas with a lot of malaria.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the most malaria deaths.

One child dies of malaria there every two minutes.

Pamela Amboko is a nurse who is giving the vaccine in Kenya.

To work successfully, children need to have the vaccine four times before they are two years old.

BioNtech and Oxford University are developing more vaccines.

Vaccines aren't cheap to provide.

But, malaria is even more expensive.

Malaria costs Africa an estimated$12 billion a year.

So, a way must be found to get Africa the vaccines it needs.

REGISTER NOW

Get videos, articles, games and study tools!

Learn at six levels from A1 to C1
Or sign up with your Email
By clicking “Sign Up” above you are accepting our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign in

Sign up with email

Enter the following information to create your account.
All sign up options

Log in Or create an account

or

Forgot password?

reset password or login

Crop Image

Crop preview
Add to homescreen