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Diseases
100
The sale of this type of medicines is a problem in the developing world. In some countries as much as 25 percent of all drugs sold are these types.
What is Fake Medicine
100
884 million people in the world lack access to safe supplies of this natural substance
What is Water
100
Is a state of deprivation, or a lack of the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions
What is Poverty
100
Nearly all of the deaths occur in the developing world, with poor children facing twice the risk of dying compared to which type of Children, according to Save the Children's global report. These type of Peruvian children are 7.4 times less likely to die then there poorer counterparts.
What is Richer
100
This is the top killer of children under five.
What is pneumonia
200
In some developing countries, this item is the largest health expense for poor households.
Medicine
200
This often a child dies of a water-related disease
What is every minute
200
A poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially.
What is a Developing Country
200
Is one of top three ranked countries in terms of well-being for mothers and children in 146 countries surveyed.
What is Sweden, Norway, or Iceland
200
Every year, over 13 million children under this age die from illnesses, which could have been avoided or treated.
What is Five years old
300
This type of biological preparation for measles cost 50 cents a child. Still some children don't get them because they are too expensive.
What is a Vaccine
300
Is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region, resulting in prolonged shortages in its water supply, whether atmospheric, surface or ground water.
What is a Drought
300
Deficient bodily nutrition due to inadequate food intake or faulty assimilation -- called also hyponutrition.
What is Undernutrition
300
This area of Africa is where 8/10 bottom-ranked countries in terms of well being are, and where 4/5mothers are likely to lose a child in their lifetime.
What is Sub-Sahara Africa
300
a mosquito-borne disease that affects more than 500 million people annually, causing between 1 and 3 million deaths. It is most common in tropical and subtropical climates and is found in 90 countries
What is Malaria
400
Less than this amount of money is how much pneumonia medication (leading cause of death in children under the age of five 5) cost
What is 30 cents
400
By this year 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stressed conditions.
What is 2025
400
The incidence of disease: the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group)
What is Morbidity
400
The country is ranked last amount 146 countries surveyed with the lowest well-being among mothers
What is Nigeria
400
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that causes symptoms such as jaundice, extreme fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and stomach pain. This type of hepatitis is the most serious form of the disease.
What is Hepatitis B
500
This Country had fewer than one doctor for every 20,000 people and just four hospital beds for every 10,000 people. This countryhas one of the worst health-worker shortages in the world.
What is Chad
500
This Country has the least sustainable access to drinkable water 70% of the population does not have any access to clean drinking water.
What is Somolia
500
The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference.
What is Disparity
500
Chad is the country with the lowest life expectancy in the world, the average person dies under the age of 50. This country however has the highest life expectancy at 90 years. (study done in 2015)
What is Monaco
500
A sexually transmitted infection. It can also be spread by contact with infected blood or from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breast-feeding. There's no cure for this infection, but there are medications that can dramatically slow the progression of the disease. Continues to decimate populations in Africa, Haiti and parts of Asia.
What is HIV/AIDS