This leads to an increase in diseases like diarrhea, the second leading cause of death in children under five.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Some eye care professionals say all that screen time has led to an increase in what they call computer vision syndrome.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

Tim Kane is with the Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation, a nonprofit in the United States that works to increase entrepreneurship worldwide.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

He says projects designed to increase interpersonal trust can have a major effect in poor countries with undependable legal systems.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

In many countries, women are half as likely as men to use fertilizers to increase the amount of crops.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to fight problems related to climate change.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

The prize committee also credited his efforts with helping to increase aid to needy families in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

The American Cancer Society says governments can do things to help prevent the increase in cancer cases and deaths.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

He says they might be trying to increase their dopamine levels to make up for the deficits in their reward system.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

He says they might be attempting to increase their dopamine levels to make up for the deficits in their reward system.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

She also linked it to a one to two point increase in the number of women in the labor force.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

But Mr.Gustafson sees a better chance for the efforts to increase the popularity of the orange sweet potato in Africa.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

The group reported in March that employers expected to increase hourly wage offers for college interns by five percent from last year.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

It called for an increase in global efforts in order to reach the goals for ending the worst forms of child labor.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have promised twenty billion dollars to increase food security in poor countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

The report says temperatures are estimated to increase by several degrees Celsius in the next one hundred years.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

American inventor Dean Kamen started FIRST in nineteen eighty-nine to increase young people's interest in science and technology.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Mister Schroeder believes the enzymes could be changed in some plants to increase their ability to store water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Signs of climate change include an increase in rain when there used to be only snow, new plant life,and melting ice sheets.

VOA: special.2009.06.03