Extreme Poverty Kills

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In Finding the Forgotten:

extreme poverty kills

1.4 billion people (1 in 4) in the developing world are living in extreme poverty - that is, surviving on less than US$1.25 a day (SOURCE: WORLD BANK).
South Asia has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. A total of 600 million with 455 million in India - 42% of India's population (SOURCE: WORLD BANK).
The 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty are poor by an absolute standard tied to the most basic human needs. They are likely to be hungry for at least part of each year. Even if they can get enough food to fill their stomachs they will probably be malnourished because their diet lacks essential nutrients. In children, malnutrition stunts growth and can cause permanent brain damage (SOURCE: Peter Singer in The Life You Can Save, p8).
47% of young children in India are malnourished, and up to 1/3 of the world's undernourished children are Indian. Malnutrition is directly or indirectly associated with more than ½ of all young child mortality in India (Source: UNICEF).
Those living in extreme poverty are too ill, hungry, or destitute to even get one foot on the first rung of the poverty ladder. These people are the "poorest of the poor" or the "extreme poor" of the planet ...fighting for survival each day (SOURCE: Jeffrey Sachs in The End of Poverty, p18)
The poor may not be able to afford to send their children to school. Even minimal health care services are usually beyond their means. This kind of poverty kills (SOURCE: Peter Singer in The Life You Can Save).

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In Finding the Forgotten:

extreme poverty kills

1.4 billion people (1 in 4) in the developing world are living in extreme poverty - that is, surviving on less than US$1.25 a day (SOURCE: WORLD BANK).

South Asia has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. A total of 600 million with 455 million in India - 42% of India's population (SOURCE: WORLD BANK).

47% of young children in India are malnourished, and up to 1/3 of the world's undernourished children are Indian. Malnutrition is directly or indirectly associated with more than ½ of all young child mortality in India (Source: UNICEF).

Those living in extreme poverty are too ill, hungry, or destitute to even get one foot on the first rung of the poverty ladder. These people are the "poorest of the poor" or the "extreme poor" of the planet ...fighting for survival each day (SOURCE: Jeffrey Sachs in The End of Poverty, p18)

The poor may not be able to afford to send their children to school. Even minimal health care services are usually beyond their means. This kind of poverty kills (SOURCE: Peter Singer in The Life You Can Save).