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India is among 79 countries criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, with six carrying a death penalty
 

If an HIV-positive person adheres to antiretroviral therapy (ART) used to treat AIDS, the risk of transmitting the virus to their uninfected sexual partner is reduced by 96%
 

Burkina Faso’s population is the third youngest in the world behind Niger and Uganda, with 46% of the population below the age of 15
 

71 million adolescents worldwide are not in secondary school, and as many as 127 million young people aged 15 to 24 are illiterate, with most of these clustered in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
 

In Niger, half of young women aged 20 to 24 gave birth before the age of 18
 

Some 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 give birth each year, accounting for around 11 per cent of all births
 

In Africa, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the chief killers for girls aged 15 to 19
 

1.4 million adolescents die from injuries related to traffic accidents, childbirth complications, suicide, AIDS, gang-related violence and other causes
 

In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents make up the biggest slice of the population, with 23 per cent of those aged 10 and 19
 

India is home to the highest number of adolescents, at 243 million, followed by China, with around 200 million adolescents
 

Adolescents make up 18 per cent of the world's population, and more than half live in Asia
 

Stopping therapy also increased the risk of HIV transmission
 

Nigeria requires an additional minimum number of about minimum 240,000 doctors to attain desirable health standards
 

Nigeria has only about 25 percent of the doctors it needs for a population of over 150 million people, about 45 percent of nurses and midwives, and about 12 percent of pharmacists
 

High fertility is a driver of poor health outcomes for mothers and children
 

Supply constraints, including affordability and access, are barriers to contraceptive use
 

Francophone Africa has the worst health outcomes in the world
 

Limited use of contraception is driven by low awareness and social barriers
 

Francophone Africa accounts for one third of SSA population and has the highest fertility rate in the world
 

High fertility is a critical driver of rapid population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
 

Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest growing region of the world and is expected to grow 2.7 times by 2050
 

A once-a-day pill to help prevent HIV infection could significantly reduce the spread of AIDS, but only makes economic sense if used in select, high-risk groups
 

140 babies in every 1,000 will die before the age of 1, and more than a third will never learn to read
 

The lack of access to quality sexual and reproductive health services and supplies, in particular family planning services, is a major contributing factor to maternal mortality
 

Contraceptive use in Francophone Africa is the lowest in the world
 

Routine criminalization and incarceration of people who use drugs fuels HIV transmission and undermines efforts to get treatment and care services to HIV positive drug users
 

Every year, 370,000 children – mostly in sub-Saharan Africa – are born with HIV
 

95% of pregnant women in Kenya did not disclose a positive HIV diagnosis to spouses and relatives for fear of stigma, discrimination and violence
 

Among 450 urban areas with one million or more inhabitants in 2011 (representing 1.4 billion people), 60%, or about 890 million people, are located in regions exposed to at least one major type of natural disaster risk
 

By 2011, 359 million people lived in these megacities – the equivalent to 9.9 per cent of the urban population of the world
 

The projected increase in urban populations in India and Nigeria in the next 40 years will be higher than that of the past four decades
 

Africa and Asia together will account for 86 per cent of all growth in the world’s urban population over the next four decades
 

Over the next four decades Africa’s urban population will increase from 414 million to over 1.2 billion by 2050 while that of Asia will soar from 1.9 billion to 3.3 billion
 

Cities are where the pressures of migration, globalization, economic development, social inequality, environmental pollution and climate change are most directly felt
 

61% of new HIV infections in the U.S. are among gay and bisexual men, although this population accounts for only 2 percent of the country’s population
 

Mozambique has the 14th highest burden of TB in the world, with an estimated 130,000 cases
 

Only 6.65 million people (out of 34 million) are receiving antiretroviral therapies, representing just 19% of the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide
 

19% of those living with HIV/AIDS in the US are engaged and retained in medical care in a way that leads to an undetectable viral load
 

1996: Brazil becomes first developing country to guarantee free ARV access to all HIV/AIDS patients
 

1993: Serum Institute of India receives WHO prequalification for its measles vaccine; India is first developing country to receive WHO prequalification
 

There are an estimated 200,000 commercial sex workers in Kenya, 15,000 of whom are men
 

40% of female and male commercial sex workers in Kenya are in marriages or stable unions
 

Sixty-two percent of TB patients in Mozambique are HIV-positive
 

The level of unmet family planning need among the 1.18 billion women aged 15–49 worldwide is estimated to be 11%
 

Women who sell sex in Uganda came sixth among the 20 African countries after Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and Benin
 

About 23,000 people, or 2 percent of the global HIV-TB burden, are in Zambia
 

Zimbabwe had an estimated 71,961 new TB cases in 2007 and 87,000 deaths per year, with an estimated incidence rate of 539 cases per 100,000 populations
 

Half of the children in the developing countries go without meals and they are malnourished which makes them more vulnerable to TB
 

Globally, there are about nine million new TB cases annually and 1.4 million people lose their lives to active TB each year
 

Between 2006 and 2007, 400,000 women had been raped in the Congo
 

En 2017, l'Afrique générerait plus de déchets électroniques que l'Europe
 

Two out of every five female sex workers (FSWs) in India could be suffering from HIV infection
 

HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe has declined remarkably in recent years, dropping from 26 percent to 14 percent between 1997 and 2009
 

En Ouganda  le coût d’une nouvelle infection s’élevait en 2010 à environ 12 fois le PIB par habitant (5 900 dollars)
 

In India, women account for around one million out of 2.5 million estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS
 

Au Botswana, où environ un quart de la population des 15-49 ans est séropositive, les coûts budgétaires de la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA pourraient culminer à 3,5 % du PIB vers 2016
 

The region where the risk of HIV infection increased most for a sex worker was Asia (29 times more) compared to a 12-time higher threat in Africa and Latin America
 

Les financements mondiaux pour la lutte contre le SIDA sont passés de 260 millions de dollars en 1996 à 15,9 milliards de dollars en 2009
 

Women constitute one-quarter of new HIV infections in the United States with 66 percent of infections occurring among black women, though black women constitute only 14 percent of the US female population
 

Pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics, but around 30% of children with pneumonia receive the antibiotics they need
 

Pneumonia can be prevented by immunization, adequate nutrition and by addressing environmental factors
 

Pneumonia can be caused by viruses, bacteria or fungi
 

Pneumonia kills an estimated 1.4 million children under the age of five years every year – more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined
 

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide
 

Between 1990 and 2008, maternal mortality worldwide dropped by one third
 

Skilled care before, during and after childbirth can save the lives of women and newborn babies
 

Adolescents face a higher risk of complications and death as a result of pregnancy than older women
 

Maternal mortality is higher in rural areas and among poorer and less educated communities
 

99% of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries
 

Every day, approximately 1000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth
 

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing 1.5 million children every year
 

Giving anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-negative people can reduce their risk of acquiring the virus from an HIV-positive partner
 

Worldwide, more than 60 million women between 20 and 24 years were married before they turned 18
 

More than 40% of the world's child marriages still occur in India
 

A child born in a slum in urban India is as likely to die before the first birthday, to become underweight or anemic or to be married off before the 18th birthday as a child in rural India
 

India (46) also figures among the 50 worst nations with the highest under-five mortality rate
 

In India 33% of children less than five years in urban India and 46% in rural India are underweight
 

In India 57% of male adolescents (aged 15-19) and 53% of female adolescents thought a husband was justified in beating up their wives under certain circumstances
 

22% women in India now aged between 20 and 24 years gave birth to a child before they turned 18
 

The Global Fund has disbursed $15 billion to programs in 150 countries
 

Malaria deaths actually decreased, from 1.8 million in 2004 to 1.2 million in 2010
 

10% of the population in Ethiopia – around seven million – is living with some kind of disability
 

An estimated 910,000 lives have been saved globally through the scale-up of collaborative TB/HIV activities
 

The number of people living with HIV without active TB receiving isoniazid-preventive therapy increased from 26,000 in 2005 to 180,000 in 2010
 

TB screening among people living with HIV has increased 12-fold from 200,000 in 2005 to 2.3 million in 2010
 

More than 60% of the total number of TB patients estimated to have HIV were diagnosed and registered in HIV care in 2010, compared with less than 15% in 2005
 

More than 100 countries fully adopted the Interim Policy measured by HIV testing of at least half of TB patients identified
 

Zimbabwe reduced annual deaths from 123,000 in 2006 to 71,299 in 2010
 

36 percent of infants living with HIV have a median life expectancy of 16 years
 

In 2009, an estimated 370,000 children were born with HIV
 

In 2009, 2.5 million children under 15 years were living with HIV around the world, with the vast majority—2.3 million—in sub-Saharan Africa
 

Women co-infected with HIV are up to five times as likely to see cervical papilloma lesions progress to cancer
 

Over the past decade, 230 million cases of malaria have been treated and the same number of bed nets have been distributed to people at risk (of malaria)
 

A girl aged 1-5 is 75% more likely to die than a boy in India, marking the world’s most extreme gender disparity concerning child mortality
 

Among children under five years of age in the developing world, nearly one-quarter are underweight (127 million) and one-third are stunted (195 million)
 

1.24 million people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010
 

Plus de 90% des médicaments pédiatriques contre le sida sont fabriqués par des firmes indiennes
 

In South Africa, experts say over 17,000 people die every single day from Aids
 

India is home to the second largest population of people living with HIV (2.39 million HIV infections of which 39 percent are female and 4.4 percent are children)
 

An estimated 215 million women in the developing world have an unmet need for modern contraception
 

About 53 percent of pregnant women living with HIV in the developing world receive antiretroviral drugs to prevent transmission to their infants
 

Every six minutes a woman dies in South Africa at the hands of a man she has been intimate with – whether a husband, the father of her child or a lover
 

En 2050 la population de l’Asie atteindra 5,3 milliards d’habitants
 

Les avortements effectués dans des conditions dangereuses comptent pour 12 pour cent de tous les décès maternels en Afrique de l’ouest, ce qui équivaut à environ 9700 décès maternels par an
 

48% de la population mondiale vit avec moins de 2 dollars par jour
 

South Africa's 500,000 mine workers have the highest TB incidence in the world, est. at 3-7,000 cases/100,000 population
 

2,5 c’est l’indice synthétique de fécondité dans le monde
 

Over 90% of pediatric AIDS medicines are supplied by Indian generics
 

En 2009 le Luxembourg affichait le revenu par tête d’habitant le plus élevé (US$ 59,590)
 

60% of TB suspects in South Africa are HIV+
 

Les jeunes représentent 40 % de la population africaine en âge de travailler, mais 60 % des chômeurs
 

In 2010 less than 2% of HIV prevention funding across 44 low and middle-income countries was dedicated to MSM
 

72% des jeunes africains vivent avec moins de deux dollars par jour
 

85% of AIDS patients are deprived of treatment in Democratic Republic of Congo
 

200 millions d’africains sont âgés de 15 à 24 ans, représentant 20 pour cent de la population du continent
 

Women make up for 40 percent of the global labor force
 

10 millions de jeunes s’ajoutent à la population sur le continent africain chaque année
 

The number of malaria cases treated with effective anti-malaria drugs jumped by more than a third, to 230 million in 2011 from 170 million in 2010
 

70 million bed nets were distributed in 2011, an increase of 43% over 2010
 

The number of tuberculosis cases detected and treated rose to 8.6 million in 2011 from 7.7 million in 2010, an increase of 12%
 

The number of HIV testing and counselling sessions rose 27% to 190 million in 2011, compared to 150 million in 2010
 

The number of mothers treated to prevent them from transmitting HIV to their babies rose to 1.3 million in 2011, from 1.0 million in 2010, up 30%
 

The number of people who received antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2011 was 3.3 million, an increase of 10% compared to the 3.0 million people who received ART in 2010
 

Every year, approximately 1.5 million children die from diarrheal disease
 

Pneumonia kills more children under 5 years of age annually than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined
 

Post-partum bleeding is responsible for 25 percent of maternal deaths every year
 

More than 50% of people living in the developing world receive health products and services through the private sector
 

Increasing access to voluntary use of long-acting reversible contraception methods, such as an intrauterine device or contraceptive implants, reduces the risk of women dying from unintended pregnancies
 

Every year, 70 million unintended pregnancies occur throughout the world, contributing to the 340,000 women who die from pregnancy-related causes
 

The global incidence of malaria dropped 17 percent since 2000 and by more than 50 percent in several endemic countries
 

Accroître l'investissement dans la planification familiale dans les pays ouest africains francophones ne permettra pas seulement d’éviter 7400 décès maternels et 500 000 décès de nourrissons dans les 10 prochaines années, mais également de réduire considérablement le nombre d'avortements
 

Fewer than one in ten MSM are reached by HIV prevention programs worldwide
 

In Bangladesh prevalence among PWID in the capital city has gradually risen from 1.4% in 2000 to 7.0% in 2007
 

For every 5 percent reduction in U.S. funding of global health programs, 182,000 people with HIV/AIDS and 2.1 million malaria patients will be left untreated; and millions of children will go without immunization against resurgent diseases like measles that can leave children with pneumonia, blindness, or death
 

Seventy per cent of the world’s poorest people are women
 

With only 11% of the world population, Africa is still home to 67% of the HIV infected persons, that is 22.5 million in total
 

One in five new HIV infections in Uganda is from mother to child
 

Only 10% of the 300 million children in India between the age of 6 and 16 will pass school and go beyond
 

More than half of Nepal’s population lives below the poverty line, living on less than USD 1.25 a day
 

46 percent of pregnancies in Uganda are unplanned
 

In Africa as a whole there are 4,200,000 abortions annually with a total of 14 abortions per 100 live births and 24 abortions for every 1000 women aged 15-44
 

En Afrique de l’Ouest francophone, environ trois femmes meurent de causes maternelles chaque heure, et un enfant de moins de cinq ans meurt toutes les minutes
 

Just 56 percent of Uganda's available health positions are filled
 

Le quintile le plus riche des femmes est neuf fois plus susceptible d'utiliser la planification familiale que le quintile le plus pauvre des femmes (18% vs 2%)
 

3.42 billion people living in urban areas in 2009
 

3.41 billion people living in rural areas in 2009
 

1.7 average number of births by women in industrialized countries
 

7.1 average number of births by women in Niger
 

5 average number of children per woman worldwide in 1950. It’s now 2.6
 

47 average life expectancy worldwide in 1950. It’s now 68
 

227,000 people added to the world every day
 

140 million people born every year
 

57 million people die worldwide every year
 

In Africa, some 39% of the 2·3 million people diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2010 were carriers of HIV
 

In 2009, 9·7 million children are thought to have been orphaned by parental deaths caused by tuberculosis (whether or not accompanied by HIV)
 

In Kenya 3,200 cases of gender-based violence were reported to the police countrywide in 2010, up from 2,800 in 2009
 

In Uganda 827,000 women become pregnant every year without intending to have a child at that time
 

Plus de la moitié des 67500 décès qui surviennent chaque année, suite à un avortement à risque, se produisent en Afrique
 

People living with HIV who are on antiretroviral treatment, are much less infectious and therefore much less likely to transmit HIV to others
 

About 40% of children under five years of age in Nepal are underweight, and 40% of children under 16 are engaged in child labor
 

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease. Globally, 3 to 4 million persons are newly infected each year
 

Plus d’un Béninois sur deux a moins de 15 ans et près de deux Béninois sur trois ont moins de 25 ans
 

Every year, Uganda adds one million more people to its population. That's about 4,000 births a day, or it's like adding the entire population of Swaziland to Uganda every year
 

School dropout rate in India touches 56.8%
 

Use of hormonal contraceptives increases both the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV—with the highest risk seen in those using injectable contraceptives
 

For every 100,000 live births in Indonesia, 228 women lose their lives
 

Worldwide approximately 41 % of the 208 million pregnancies each year are unintended
 

80% of the Indian workforce does not possess identifiable marketable skills
 

5 femmes meurent tous les jours au Sénégal des suites d’une grossesse ou d’un accouchement
 

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are home to one third of all people living with HIV in the world
 

India had an estimated 2.4 million people with HIV in 2009
 

Women and girls make up almost 60% of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and 50% globally
 

One out of three children ages 5 to 14 must work. Even for those in young adulthood, one-quarter is illiterate
 

One out of three Africans is between 10 and 24 years old, a high proportion living in urban settings
 

Everyday 2,500 young people are newly infected with HIV – many of them are young women
 

Denying women’s sexual and reproductive health rights undermines the fight against AIDS
 

More than one-third of young African women are married and one out of four is a mother by age 18
 

Non-communicable diseases kill 36 million people a year
 

8.8 million children die every year from treatable and preventable conditions
 

530,000 women at least die from pregnancy related complications every year
 

900,000 killed by malaria each year with 300 million new infections occurring
 

215 million couples in the developing world are unable to plan their childbearing when they want
 

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