Transcript That`s ~$2/day on average!

“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
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
In this class we will often compare
the US
and Haiti
Per capita
national income
UN 2013
US
Haiti
$52391
$750
Per capita
national income
US
Haiti
$52391
$750
That’s ~$2/day on average!
UN 2013
What’s the difference
between
mean and median?
Per capita
national income
% of household
Income--bottom 40%
% of household
Income--top 20%
US
Haiti
$52391
$750
16%
8%
46%
And most Haitians aren’t even “average”!
UN 2013 &UNICEF 2010
63%
US
Haiti
Per capita
national income
$52391
$750
Life expectancy
79
63
This has consequences
UN 2013 &UNICEF 2010
US
Haiti
Per capita
national income
$52391
$750
Life expectancy
79
63
Chances of dying
Before age 1
0.7%
7.6%
This has consequences
UN 2013 &UNICEF 2010
What kills folks in the US?
In contrast in the US we die of diseases of lifestyle or old age
Poverty has its advantages: Haiti ranks 158th
In deaths due to traffic accidents
Few US deaths are caused by infectious disease
and most of those occur among the elderly or infirm
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)
The picture’s even worse for
kids under 5
http://cambodianchildrenshealth.wordpress.com/
http://www.cdc.gov/safewater/disease.html
However, as we’ll see,
with a concerted effort
we can move in the right direction!
Deaths
New cases
3 million
5.3 million
2002
1.6 million
2.3 million
2012
HIV/AIDs
www.amfar.org
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)
TB KILLS
1.4 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR
OVER 3500 EVERY DAY
ONE PERSON EVERY 27 SECONDS
Stats from WHO; 2014
Two billion people
--one third of the world’s population-are infected with the bacteria that causes TB
World Lung Foundation (2008)
New infections occur at a rate
of one per second!
World Lung Foundation (2008)
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
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)
It’s not who you know, its where you live.
SOURCES: World Health Organization; Doctors Without Borders | THE WASHINGTON POST
TB is present world-wide but
Incidence rates differ dramatically
CDC
2009
80% of all TB cases are concentrated
in 22 “high-burden” countries
STOP TB partnership
Why does the map of
rates of drug resistant TB
look different?
CDC
In contrast,
9921 cases
In 2014!
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
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
And that’s not all!
Loss of productivity totals
4-7% of total GDP in hardest hit nations.
WHO and World Bank
Our nation provides development
assistance to the developing world
www.globalissues.org
But we are not doing our share……
www.globalissues.org
nor are we meeting the goal
to which we agreed
Promised
Delivered
www.globalissues.org