Something to encourage your heart Pt 2

5. As of 2016, 88% of all the children in the world today have been vaccinated.
6. The point above also means almost all human beings alive today have some access to basic healthcare.
7. HIV infections are down to less than half of what there were 10 years ago. From 549 per million in 1996 to 241 in 2016.
8. As far as literacy goes, the share of adults who have the basic skills to read and write is up from 10% (1800) to 86% (2016).
9. Worldwide, 90% of girls of primary school age are now enrolled in school, whereas in 1979 only 65% were.

[Source: “Factfulness, Why things are better than you think” by Hans Rosling]

 

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