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Nearly 12 million children under five die every year,
and over half of these deaths are caused by the underlying
effects of malnutrition.
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If all the food in the world were equally distributed,
every person would be able to consume 2,760 calories a
day.
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Malnourished children are 12 times more likely to die
from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea and respiratory
infections.
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The number of children who died from diarrhoeal disease
in the 1990's exceeds the total number of people lost
to armed conflict since the Second World War.
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700,000 children die from measles every year, due to
a lack of immunisation.
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300 million people are infected with malaria every year,
90% of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The least developed countries spend an average of only
$6 per head each year on all health services.
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1.1 billion people around the world do not have access
to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion lack basic sanitation.
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Over half a million women die in pregnancy and childbirth
every year - one for every minute of the day. A further
50 million are left permanently injured or disabled.
