Monday: Filled out Africa maps, went over some current events
Mental Illness:
Suicide-
Mood changes, anger, talk of self harm, withdraw from friends and family
400 people in Iowa committed suicide in 2013
On average 1 person dies every 22 hrs of suicide in Iowa
9th leading cause of death in Iowa
Lack of Proper Health Treatment for Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa:
2 doctors/ 11 nursing- midwives per 10,000 people
½ of Africans don’t have needed medicine
People rely on Traditional African Healers used more than modern cures
Countries train medical doctors
Tuesday: Studied for Africa quiz tomorrow and then continued with presentations
Lack of Healthcare:
Diseases:
1/10 people have HIV/AIDS
68% out of all people with HIV live in Sub-Saharan area
AIDS takes around 1 million lives
Malaria kills 1 African child every 30 seconds- leading cause of death in children under five
Malnutritional diseases kill lots of people due to lack of food
Maternal, Newborn, and Child Deaths
Huge shortage of midwives and nurses
Over 1 million babies die before they are one month old
Over 3 million babies die before they turn 5
880,000 stillbirths every year
Women in Africa don’t get to go to the doctor when they are pregnant
Reasons for maternal and newborn health complications:
Birth difficulties
Newborn illnesses
Childhood infections
Malnutrition
HIV/AIDS
Most dangerous time is in the first 28 days
Only 11% of the world--24% of the world’s diseases
>1% of global health spending
Millennium Development Goal
Wednesday: Took northern Africa group test and continued with presentations
Extreme Poverty:
Low money and not being able to support yourself and/or others
$1.90 a day- can only buy really cheap food
Poverty rate has gone down by about 33% since 1990
15% of people in America are in poverty as of 2015
Extreme poverty is the highest in Africa- live on subsistence farming (farm to grow food for their family)
Food pantries can really help these people
1 billion children live in extreme poverty in the world
22,000 children die each day
750 million lack clean water
Thursday: Filled out the Western Africa maps and talked about current events, then continued with presentations.
Better Energy Alternatives:
Energy generated in ways that don’t deplete natural resources
Solar energy
More sustainable energy source
Save a lot of money
Cost of maintenance is less than $200 a year
Only take about .6% percent of America’s land to power the whole country
Wind energy
Wind turbines takes KE of the world
Converts it into mechanical power
31% of Iowa’s energy is generated from the wind
Geothermal
Produced from heat of the Earth
Renewable
US produces the most
Saves 30-70% in heating mode
Saves 20-50% in cooling mode
Hydroelectric
Flowing water that is captured to make energy
Renewable
Environmentally friendly
Generates about 10% of the nation's energy
Ocean Energy
Much larger scale of use
3 types
Tidal energy
Wave energy
Ocean thermal energy
Another form of hydropower
Friday: Went over current events, and practiced Western Africa, then continued with presentations.
Racism:
Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
Can affect their health, feelings, study habits, jobs
Race: the classification of humans based on ancestry, genetics, and physical traits
Ethnicity: A social group that posses a common and distinctive culture, language, or religion
Nationality: a country in which a person belongs to weather by birth or naturalization
Institutional Racism: A form of racism expressed by social establishments such as banks, courts or law, schools, and other governmental organizations.
Individualized Racim: A type of racism in which a person practices discrimination based on race preference
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