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“ The more there are suffering, then the more natural their sufferings appear. Who wants to prevent the fish in the sea from getting wet? Bertolt Brecht. $2.00. Have you visited a developing country?. “ There are still around 1 billion people living at the margins of survival

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  1. “The more there are suffering, then the more natural their sufferings appear. Who wants to prevent the fish in the sea from getting wet?Bertolt Brecht

  2. $2.00

  3. Have you visited a developing country?

  4. “There are still around 1 billion people living at the margins of survival on less than US$1 a day, with 2.6 billion—40% of the world’s population— living on less than US$2 a day.” 2007 Human Development Report (HDR) United Nations Development Program

  5. In this class we will often compare the US and Haiti

  6. US Haiti Per capita national income $51749 $771 World Bank 2012

  7. US Haiti Per capita national income $51749 $771 That’s ~$2/day on average! World Bank 2012

  8. What’s the difference betweenmean and median?

  9. US Haiti Per capita national income $771 $51749 % of household Income--bottom 40% 16% 8% % of household Income--top 20% 46% 63% And most Haitians aren’t even “average”! UNICEF 2010

  10. US Haiti Per capita national income $771 $51749 78 62 Life expectancy This has consequences UNICEF 2010

  11. US Haiti Per capita national income $47140 $650 78 62 Life expectancy Chances of dying Before age 1 0.7% 7.6% This has consequences UNICEF 2010

  12. What kills folks in the US?

  13. In contrast in the US we die of diseases of lifestyle or old age

  14. Poverty has its advantages: Haiti ranks 158th In deaths due to traffic accidents

  15. Few US deaths are caused by infectious disease and most of those occur among the elderly or infirm

  16. In the developing world treatable infectious diseases remain big killers Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age 0-44 (World Health Organization)

  17. The picture’s even worse for kids under 5 http://cambodianchildrenshealth.wordpress.com/ http://www.cdc.gov/safewater/disease.html

  18. However, as we’ll see, with a concerted effort we can move in the right direction! New cases Deaths 3 million 5.3 million 2002 HIV/AIDs 1.6 million 2.3 million 2012 www.amfar.org

  19. Let’s use tuberculosis--TB-- as an example Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age 0-44 (World Health Organization)

  20. TB KILLS 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR OVER 3500 EVERY DAY ONE PERSON EVERY 27 SECONDS Stats from WHO; 2012

  21. Two billion people --one third of the world’s population-- are infected with the bacteria that causes TB World Lung Foundation (2008)

  22. New infections occur at a rate of one per second! World Lung Foundation (2008)

  23. Left untreated, a person with active TB will infect 10-15 other people per year World Lung Foundation (2008) and http://pathport.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/Tuberculosis_2.html

  24. It’s not who you know, its where you live. Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age 0-44 (World Health Organization)

  25. It’s not who you know, its where you live. SOURCES: World Health Organization; Doctors Without Borders | THE WASHINGTON POST

  26. TB is present world-wide but Incidence rates differ dramatically CDC 2009

  27. 80% of all TB cases are concentrated in 22 “high-burden” countries STOP TB partnership

  28. Why does the map of rates of drug resistant TB look different? CDC

  29. In contrast, 9945 cases In 2012!

  30. And that’s not all! Even with treatment, the average TB patient loses 3-4 months of work, and up to 30% of yearly household earnings. WHO and World Bank

  31. And that’s not all! This robs the world's poorest communities of an estimated US$12 billion in lost income WHO and World Bank

  32. And that’s not all! Loss of productivity totals 4-7% of total GDP in hardest hit nations. WHO and World Bank

  33. Our nation provides development assistance to the developing world www.globalissues.org

  34. But we are not doing our share…… www.globalissues.org

  35. nor are we meeting the goal to which we agreed Promised Delivered www.globalissues.org

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