1. “The more there are suffering, then the more natural their sufferings appear. Who wants to prevent the fish in the sea from getting wet? Bertolt Brecht

2. $2.00

3. Have you visited
a developing country?

4. “There are still around 1 billion people
living at the margins of survival
on less than US$1 a day,
with 2.6 billion—40% of the
world’s population—
living on less than US$2 a day.”
2007 Human Development Report (HDR) United Nations Development Program

5. In this class we will often compare
the US
and Haiti

6. US
Haiti
Per capita
national income
$51749
$771
World Bank 2012

7. US Haiti Per capita national income $51749 $771
That’s ~$2/day on average!
World Bank 2012

8. What’s the difference between mean and median?

9. US Haiti Per capita national income $51749 $771 % of household
Income--bottom 40%
16% 8%
% of household
Income--top 20%
46%
63%
And most Haitians aren’t even “average”!
UNICEF 2010

10. US Haiti Per capita national income $51749 $771 78 62 Life expectancy
This has consequences
UNICEF 2010

11. US Haiti Per capita national income $47140 $650 78 62 Life expectancy
Chances of dying
Before age 1
0.7%
7.6%
This has consequences
UNICEF 2010

12. What kills folks in the US?

15. In contrast in the US we die of diseases of lifestyle or old age

16. Poverty has its advantages: Haiti ranks 158th
In deaths due to traffic accidents

17. Few US deaths are caused by infectious disease
and most of those occur among the elderly or infirm

18. In the developing world treatable
infectious diseases remain big killers
Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age
0-44 (World Health Organization)

19. The picture’s even worse for
kids under 5

20. with a concerted effort we can move in the right direction!
However, as we’ll see,
with a concerted effort
we can move in the right direction!
Deaths
New cases
3 million
5.3 million
2002
HIV/AIDs
1.6 million
2.3 million
2012

21. Let’s use tuberculosis--TB--
as an example
Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age
0-44 (World Health Organization)

22. 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR OVER 3500 EVERY DAY
TB KILLS
1.3 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR
OVER 3500 EVERY DAY
ONE PERSON EVERY 27 SECONDS
Stats from WHO; 2012

23. --one third of the world’s population--
Two billion people
--one third of the world’s population--
are infected with the bacteria that causes TB
World Lung Foundation (2008)

24. New infections occur at a rate
of one per second!
World Lung Foundation (2008)

25. Left untreated, a person with active TB
will infect other people per year
World Lung Foundation (2008) and

26. It’s not who you know, its where you live.
Leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia for persons age
0-44 (World Health Organization)

27. It’s not who you know, its where you live.
SOURCES: World Health Organization; Doctors Without Borders | THE WASHINGTON POST

28. TB is present world-wide but Incidence rates differ dramatically
CDC
2009

29. 80% of all TB cases are concentrated in 22 “high-burden” countries
STOP TB partnership

30. rates of drug resistant TB
Why does the map of
rates of drug resistant TB
look different?
CDC

31. In contrast,
9945 cases
In 2012!

32. And that’s not all! Even with treatment, the average TB patient
loses 3-4 months of work,
and up to 30% of yearly household earnings.
WHO and World Bank

33. And that’s not all! This robs the world's poorest communities
of an estimated US$12 billion in lost income
WHO and World Bank

34. And that’s not all! Loss of productivity totals
4-7% of total GDP in hardest hit nations.
WHO and World Bank

35. Our nation provides development assistance to the developing world

36. But we are not doing our share……

37. nor are we meeting the goal to which we agreed
Promised
Delivered