1. Millennial Comparison Afghanistan & Haiti
By: Reed Ross & Megan Blackmer

2. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Afghanistan poverty
Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Haiti
Afghanistan
Unemployment: 40.6% (More than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs)
Population under the poverty line: 80%
Yearly deficit: -5.4% of GDP
Children below 5 that are underweight: 18.9%
Unemployment 35%
Population under the poverty line 36%
Yearly deficit of -8.7%
Children below 5 underweight 32.9%

3. Achieve Universal Primary Education
Haiti
Afghanistan
No available information on school life expectancy
Literacy Rate: 48.7%
No available information Education Expenditures
School life expectancy 9 years
Literacy rate 28%
No available information on Education Expenditures
Haitian School

4. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Afghanistan
Haiti
Under the Taliban Afghanistan was the most repressive state towards women. Much of that sentiment still lingers especially in rural areas
Due to poverty, poor security and a lack of awareness, Haitian women and girls have a longstanding problem with gender-based violence, where the risk of violence and sexual exploitation are high.

5. Reduce Child Mortality
For Haiti
Reduce Child Mortality
Afghanistan
Haiti
5.43 children born/woman
deaths/1,000 live births. This is the highest infant mortality rate in the world.
2.79 children born/woman
49.43 deaths/1,000 live births.
This places Haiti, when compared to the world, at number 40.

6. Promote Maternal Health
Haiti
Mother’s mean age at first birth: 22.7
(Median age at first birth among women is 25-29)
Maternal Mortality Rate: 350 deaths/ 100,000 live births
Afghanistan
Mother’s mean age at first birth: 20.1
Maternal Mortality Rate: 460 deaths/100,000 live births

7. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
Afghanistan
Haiti
HIV/AIDS prevalence is surprisingly low at .01%
Only 4300 people in Afghanistan have HIV/AIDS
Major Diseases
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Vectorborne disease: malaria
animal contact disease: rabies
HIV/AIDS prevalence is 2.1%
146,000 people in Haiti live with HIV/AIDS
Major Diseases
The degree of risk is high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and Typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

8. Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Afghanistan
Haiti
limited natural freshwater resources inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel)
Soil erosion
Inadequate supplies of potable water

9. Global Partnership For Development
Afghanistan
Haiti
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection.
Not a member of UN, NATO, or other IGO’s. Relatively isolated internationally
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
Signed, but not ratified to Hazardous Wastes
Haiti is not a member of the UN, NATO or any other IGOs.

10. MDG Comparison Afghanistan Haiti
Currently Afghanistan is doing very poorly in consideration of the MDG’s with the exceptions of disease and HIV/AIDS. Much of this lack of disease can be attributed to the strict Sharia Laws in Afghanistan and the overall cleanliness proscribed by Islam. Overall Afghanistan is near if not at the bottom of the world in development
Haiti is doing well in the fact that they are having progression in curing AIDS/HIVS, however they lack in the areas of gender equality, education and poverty. The people are poor and lacking in the things they need in order to succeed and evolve from a third world country to a second world country.

11. Thank you