The practice includes developing and testing new vaccines and drugs that might prevent or cure potentially-fatal human diseases.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Critics say many public health facilities already are under strain and fear more professionals will abandon the public system for private practice.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"So they continue to practice rituals and norms that they have inherited whereas there is a bit of move away in the urban areas."

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

That is because the victims are vulnerable to exploitation, laws against this practice are not vigorously enforced and it is a hugely profitable trade.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

human rights investigators applaud moves made by President Barack Obama in pledging to close Guantanamo Bay and stopping the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the practice of medicine in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

The teams have run into various problems. Many of the training fields were never completed, forcing teams to share facilities and practice at uncomfortable hours.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

In a break with usual White House practice, the official announcement on Cuba was delivered in two languages: Gibbs spoke in English and Restrepo in Spanish.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

It is still early to determine how well the practice is working and there are concerns the militias lack the training and equipment to counter the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

It keeps them healthy and helps them grow better. Public health groups have opposed the practice because bacteria continually exposed to antibiotics will eventually develop resistance to them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

And next year, the country is launching a small space lab to practice docking in orbit - an essential part of manned missions to the Moon and Mars.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"Countless, countless moments of awakening led me ultimately to the path of Islam, and within that, to the practice of Sufism, or Tasawuf,which for me is intricately united with Islam."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

And he went on to score a goal against the United States in a January practice match, a performance which helped him earn a spot on the country's World Cup squad.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"The very practice of dangling a toy or other premium to get kids to pester their parents to go into the restaurant and buy food,junky or nutritious, is unethical and,we believe,illegal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24