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Issues in Global Health Minority Women in Medicine October 25, 2006 Global Health Challenges:some statistics… 1 Billion people lack access to health care systems Around 11 million children under age 5 die from malnutrition and mostly preventable diseases each year In 2002, almost 11 million people died of infectious diseases alone Global Health Challenges:some statistics… AIDS/HIV has spread rapidly. UNAIDS estimates for 2005 that there were roughly: 40 million living with HIV (most in Africa, 25.8 million) 4.9 million new HIV infections (mostly in Africa, 3.2 million) 3.1 million AIDS-related deaths, (mostly in Africa, 2.4 million) Global Health Challenges:some statistics… There are 8.8 million new cases and 1.75 million deaths from TB each year Malaria causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least 1 million deaths, annually More than 500,000 people, mostly children, died from measles in 2003- EVEN though effective immunization costs just $30 US per person, and has been available for 40 years Global Health Challenges: Beyond AIDS/HIV… AIDS/HIV is a terrible disease, but there are conditions beyond it that are even more debilitating, and not as well known Ex: Kwashiorkor: a form of malnutrition caused by inadequate protein intake Infectious Diseases: many already have vaccines that are not available to developing nations Malaria TB STDs Global Health Challenges:Infectious Disease Despite medical advances, infectious diseases still occupy most of the top ten causes of death worldwide More than 90% of the deaths from infectious disease are caused by only a few culprits: Lower respiratory infections HIV/AIDS Diarrhea TB Malaria Measles Global Health Challenges:Infectious Disease “Neglected” Infectious Diseases: Trachoma – contagious disease of the eye; leading cause of blindness in Asia/Africa Intestinal parasites Leprosy – still afflicts 3 million worldwide Dengue Yellow fever Many, many more… Global Health Challenges:Infectious Diseases Glob