We did blog discussion on failed states today.
- Maternal Health
- On May 16, 2012, the number of women the pregnancy and child birth related deaths was almost halved from 20 years ago.
- The UN is trying to lower the amount of unprotected sex in Africa to prevent unsafe abortions.
- One goal is to lower the mortality rate.
- HIV/AIDs
- Stop the spread of HIV/AIDs by 2015
- By 2010, give everyone access to cures.
- By 2015, reverse the occurrence of malaria and other major diseases.
- There are 33.3 million people with AIDs.
- Every year, nearly 1.8 million people die from AIDs.
- In the 70s, AIDs was mainly caught by gay people.
- It's mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
- It is caused by unprotected sex.
- There are treatments for HIV.
- 56 countries have reduced HIV by 1/4.
- UNAIDs is the UN anti-AIDs group.
- We overcame Malaria, but Africa hasn't yet.
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