Today we had blog discussion. Then we did the next group in the U.N. projects
Maternal health- Goal: try to stop/help it. Try to halt and begin reverse by 2015, the incidence of melaria and other disseases. Maternal heath is when a women dies within hours of the baby's birth. More than 350,000 die annually from complications during pregnancies or child birth. In Sub Saharan Africa a womans maternal mortality is 1-30 compared to 1 in 5,600 in developed regions. Every year 1 million children are left mother less. Achieve Universal Access to reproductive heath. Reduce bad heath by 2015.
Combat HIV/AIDS- Goal: Stop it. Try to halt and begin reverse HIV/ AIDS by 2015. Every day over 7,500 is affected by these disseases, over 5,500 of those people die of it. A rough estimate of 33.4 million people are living with HIV. two thirds of them in Sarahan Africa. Every 9 minutes someone in the U.S. is affected with aids. Since 1981, 1.7 million people have been diagnosed with aids or HIV just in the U.S. alone.
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