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. “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

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

5. US
Haiti
Per capita
national income
$43400
$450
UNICEF 2005

6. US Haiti Per capita national income $43400 $450
That’s <$1.25/day on average!
UNICEF 2005

7. US Haiti Per capita national income $43400 $450 % of household
Income--bottom 40%
16% 9%
% of household
Income--top 20%
40%
63%
And most Haitian’s aren’t even average!
UNICEF 2005

8. US Haiti Per capita national income $43400 $450 78 52 Life expectancy
This has consequences
UNICEF 2005

9. US Haiti Per capita national income $43400 $450 78 52 Life expectancy
Chances of dying
Before age 1
0.9%
10%
This has consequences
UNICEF 2005

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. Stats from WHO; slide from TBAlliance

17. --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)

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

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

20. 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)

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

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

23. 80% of all TB cases are concentrated in 22 “high-burden” countries
STOP TB partnership

24. Rates of drug resistant TB
CDC

26. 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

27. 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

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

29. Our nation provides development assistance to the developing world

30. But we are not doing our share nor meeting the goal to which we agreed