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GlobalHealth
andW
hytheP
ressSho
uldCare
Dece
mber17,2003
NilsDaulaire,MD,MPH
GlobalHealthCouncil
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74year
s
LifeE
xpectancyfo
rChildrenB
ornThisYea
r
Top1/5ofthe131millionborn.
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64
years
74year
s
LifeE
xpectancyfo
rChildrenB
ornThisYea
r
Middle3/5ofallchildrenborn.
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48years
74year
s
64
years
LifeE
xpectancyfo
rChildrenB
ornThisYea
r
Bottom1/5
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48years
74year
s
64
years
(+2.7
)
(+2.7
) (+3.9)
(+3.9)
((--1.5)
1.5)
LifeE
xpectancyfo
rChildrenB
ornThisYea
r
H
owhavethings
changedoverthepastdecade?
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Todaysrealit
y:
Each
year,56m
illionpeoplediearoun
d
thew
orld.
Onethirdofglobaldeathsarepremature
andpreventable
.
Mostofthesepr
eventabled
eathsare
from
infectiousandreproductivecauses
amongthepoor.
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20
40
60
80
100
LRTI
HIV
Perinatal
Diarrheal
UnipolarDepression
IschemicHeart
Vaccine-Preventable
Cerebrovascular
Malaria
Nutritional
P
rincipalContributorsto
GlobalBurdenofD
isease
Source:WHO,1999
Disability-AdjustedLife-YearsLost(millions)
These10conditions
comprise46%
ofall
healthyyearsoflife
lostworldwide.
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G
lobalhealthinequities:
Oneofevery7childrenbornintopoverty
inadevelopingcountrywillno
tsurviveto
age5.
Their
riskofdeat
his20timesashighasit
isforc
hildrenborn
intheUS.
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MainCauses
ofUnder
FiveMortality
Source:Evidencean
dInformationforPolicy/WHO,ChildandAdolescentHealthandDevelopment,2001.
Onlinewww.who.int/child-adolescent-health/inegr.htm
HIV/AID
S
4%
Diarrhea
12%
Measles
5%
Perinatal
22%
Allother
causes
29%
Pneu
monia
20%
Malaria
8%
Malnutrition
(underlyingfactor)
60%
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G
lobalhealthinequities:
Inma
nypoorcou
ntries,oneofevery14
youngwomenwilldiefrompregnancyor
childbirthbeforefinishingtheirchildbearing
years.
Their
riskofdeat
his300timesashighasit
isforw
omenintheUS.
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Womenpaythehighestprice
Over200mill
ionwomenbecome
pregnanteachy
ear.
Over28%ofthesepregna
nciesare
unintended.
Over40millionpregnanciesare
term
inatedbya
bortion,mostin
unsafeconditions.
Nearly600,00
0womendieeach
yearinpregnan
cyandchild
birth.
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G
lobalhealthinequities:
InsomesouthernAfricancou
ntries,the
likelihoodthatanygivenadole
scentwilldie
fromA
IDSisgreaterthanthatshewilllive
herlife
HIV-free.
Asof
today,barely300,000p
eopleliving
withA
IDSinpoorcountrieshaveaccessto
treatment;another6millionwouldbenefit
rightnow.
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20
30
40
50
60
Millions
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
WorldwideHIVInfectionsand
AIDSDeath
s
AIDSDe
aths
HIVInfections
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05101520253035
%
15
16
17
18
19
Age
HIVPrevalen
ceAmongTeenagers
inaHigh
SchoolinKenya
Boys
Girls
Source:NationalAI
DSProgramme,Kenya,1999
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AIDSOrphan
s
14m
illionglobally
O
ver12millio
ninAfrica
Ove
r40million
projectedb
ytheyear2015.
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Tuberculosis
K
illsover2m
illionpeopleeach
year.
H
ighlyassociatedwithH
IV
infe
ction.
8millionpeoplebecomesickwith
TBeachyear.
O
nethirdoftheworldspopulation
isinfectedwiththeTBbacillus.
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Multidrug-resistantTB
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M
alaria
Kills1million
peopleeachyear.
90
%ofthesed
eathsaream
ong
child
ren.
Almost300millionpeoplebecome
acutelyillwithm
alariaeachyear.
NetcostforAfricanecono
mies
exce
eds$100billion.
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LifeE
xpectancyfo
rChildrenB
ornThisYea
r
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Publichea
lthandm
edicine
aresocialinterven
tions,
and
politicsarepublichealth
inthemostprofoundsense.
RudolfV
irchow,1848
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Glo
bal
H
ealt
h
Cou
ncil
www.g
lobalhea
lth.org