Poverty Facts

Almost half the world over three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day.
According to UNICEF1, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on
earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even
more invisible in death.
Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that
account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
If current trends continue, the Millennium Development Goals target of halving the proportion of underweight children will be
missed by 30 million children, largely because of slow progress in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
Infectious diseases continue to blight the lives of the poor across the world. An estimated 40 million people are living with
HIV/AIDS, with 3 million deaths in 2004. Every year there are 350500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa
accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide.
Indoor air pollution resulting from the use of solid fuels is a major killer. It claims the lives of 1.5 million people each year, more
than half of them below the age of five: that is 4000 deaths a day. To put this number in context, it exceeds total deaths from malaria and
rivals the number of deaths from tuberculosis.
1.6 billion people a quarter of humanity live without electricity.
The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation.
Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom
reside in Asia and the Pacific.

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La nivel global, aproximativ jumtate din populaia- peste 3 miliarde de oameni- triesc cu mai puin de 2,50 dolari pe zi.
Conform fondului UNICEF2, n fiecare zi, din cauza srciei, mor aproximativ 20.000 de copii. i ei mor linitit undeva n cele
mai srace sate care se pot gsi pe Pmnt, lipsii de oricare supraveghere i contiin a lumii. Umilitatea i slbiciunea slbesc
nimicnicia mulimii muribunde.
Aproximativ 27-28% din copiii din rile n curs de dezvoltare sufer de subnutriie i diverse maladii. Dou regiuni unde se
ntilnesc frecvent aceste probleme sunt Asia de Sud i Africa Subsaharian.
Dac aceast tendin va continua, inta ODM3-ului de reducere a numrului copiilor subnutrii va fi mai mic cu aproximatov 30
mil. De cofii, n mare parte, din cauza dezvoltrii stagnante din Asia de Sud i Africa Subsaharian. n sec. XXI, n jur de 1 mlrd. de
oameni sunt analfabei.

1 Abbreviation for United Nations Children's Fund

2 Abreviere pentru Fondul Internaional pentru Urgene ale Copiilor al Naiunilor Unite
3 Abreviere pentru Obiectivul de Dezvolare ale Mileniului

n toat lumea, oamenii sraci se sting din cauza bolilor infecioase. Aproximativ 40 mln. de oameni sufer de HIV 4/SIDA5 , n
2004 nregistrndu-se peste 3 mln. de decese din cauza acestor boli. n fiecare an se nregsitreaz peste 350-500 mln. cazuri de malarie 6, 1
mln. dintre acestea avind urmri fatale: n Africa, 90% din decesuri sunt provocate de malaria i 80% din copiii sufer de aceast boal.
Aerul poluat din ncperi, provenit din utilizarea combustibililor solizi, reprezint un uciga de amploare. Aceasta, anual, ia via a
a peste 1,5 mln. de oameni, muli dintre acetia avnd vrsta de pn la 5 ani, deci, numrul deceselor ajunge pn la 4000 n fiecare zi.
Acesta depete nr. morilor provocate de malarie i ajunge la acelai numr de mori de tuberculoz.
1,6 mlrd. de oameni (o ptrime din ntreaga populie) triesc fr electricitate.
Cea mai nstrit naiune de pe Pmnt se confrunt cu cea mai mare diferen dintre populaia bogat i cea srac a unei na iuni
industrializate.
Aproximativ 790 mln. de oameni in rile n curs de dezvoltare sufer acut de subnutriie, 2/3 din acetia trind n Asia i n
regiunea Pacificului.

4 Abreviere n limba englez a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Virusul Imunodeficienei Umane)

5 Abreviere pentru Sindromul Imunodeficienei Dobndite
6 Malarie- boal infecioas cauzat de femela narului anofel. Paraziii se nmulesc n globulele roii din snge, cauznd
simptome cum ar fi febra,anemia, simptome de grip i, n cazuri severe, coma i moartea.