Development and Health Dr Haroon Awan CEO Avicenna Consulting
The world we live in 1.1 Billion people lack access to safe drinking water; 2.6 Billion lack access to basic sanitation
The world we live in 77 Million children are out of school – 33% of these are children with disabilities
The world we live in
MDGs The Big 5
Chronic Diseases Cardiovascular disease, mainly heart disease, stroke Cancer Chronic respiratory diseases Diabetes
Chronic Diseases
Chronic Poverty
Health, Wealth and Development
Three new indices Inequality Adjusted HDI Gender Inequality Index Multidimensional Poverty Index Mahboob ul HaqAmartya Sen
Lack of sustainability is arguably the greatest challenge to human development The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development, HDRO-UNDP – November 2010 Worsening of key measures of sustainability, /8
Unfree Capability Deprivation ? Choice
More MPI poor than income poor The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development, HDRO-UNDP – November 2010 Percentage of people living in poverty - MPI and income poverty, selected countries
Security Identify Opportunities Empowerment Development is about People Change Poverty Reduction
Development in ‘EYE’ Eye in ‘DEVELOPMENT’
Development challenges – next decade Eye Health Policy Think Tank Re-thinking eye health paradigms
Looking Ahead MDGs Renewal ? NCDs ? NTDs ? INCLUSION Visual Impairment ? Water and Sanitation
Mahboob ul Haq – Pakistan’s Human Development Expert often quoted George Bernard Shaw ‘You see things that are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’