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by rje
4929 days ago
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I looked up a couple of sources for the facts I was interested in. Extreme Poverty: “Progress is within our reach. Since 2000, extreme poverty has been halved. This proves that with political will and the joint commitment of States, outcomes can be achieved. To succeed, we must redouble our efforts to combat new forms of poverty and social exclusion. We must also understand all aspects of poverty in order to tailor our response appropriately.” [1] Life expectancy in Africa (2009): "... the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy has reduced the spread of the epidemic, and the mortality due to HIV/AIDS has been decreasing since about 2005, allowing life expectancy at birth to increase again: average life expectancy at birth, in Africa, was 51 years in 2000, whereas it was almost 54 years in 2009." [2] [1]: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43307&Cr=po... [2]: http://www.who.int/gho/mortality_burden_disease/life_tables/... |
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