Assigned Blogs 5 presented again today.
Improve Maternal Health-
- the mother before birth, during, and after birth; helping the mother with vitamins and recovering and such after having the baby
- 2010, 80,000 maternal deaths occurred world wide
- 50,000 babies are born without skilled care
- more women are starting to have prenatal care
- fewer teens are getting pregnant
- balanced diets will help have a healthier baby
- we should create a good environment for women who are pregnant and to the baby
Combat HIV, AIDS, etc.
- they want to have AIDS depleted by 2015
- It is going away
- there are a lot of orphans that have AIDS from being born with them
- AIDS lowers your immune system so you can die from it
- Target B: the universal treatment for AIDS, they wanted to get it done by 2010 but it didn't happen
- At the end of 2011, there were more than 11 countries that were doing this
- Target C: Global Malaria deaths
- Malaria is spread from mosquitoes and you die from dehydration
- in a lot of tropical places, people die from malaria
- Malaria is mainly among children in Sub Saharan Africa
Insure environmental sustainability
- poor people will rely on forests for food and such
- deforestation has increased 14% by 1990
- this will increase our carbon dioxide intake
- protected areas have increased by 58%
- devoted to sanitation
- more than 2 billion people have gotten access to clean water
- over 40% of people with unsanitary water live in Sub Saharan Africa
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