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In Our World.....

  • 1 billion people live without clean drinking water.
  • 2 billion people live without safe sanitation facilities. 
  • 1.8 million children die each year from diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. 
  • 40.3 million people are infected with HIV, including 2 million young people aged 15-24 
  • 14 million children have lost at least one parent to AIDS. 
  • 90 percent of HIV-positive people in poor countries have no access to the antiretroviral medicines that are used to treat the disease in rich countries. 
  • 500,000 children die of measles each year, most in developing countries where they have no access to effective vaccines. 
  • 1 million people die from malaria each year because they have no access to treatment.
  • 25 million people were displaced in their own countries because of war or human rights violations in 2004. 
  • 25 million people were victims of natural disasters in 2004. 
  • 1 billion people do not have enough food to survive. 
  • More than 8 million die each year because of poverty

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