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Life Expectancy in Life Expectancy in Mozambique Mozambique What actions can be taken? What actions can be taken? by Ramon, Katie, and Monica by Ramon, Katie, and Monica Period 3 Period 3 Background Background Population: 18,644,000
Mozambique
28 30 32 34 36 38 Year L if e E x p e c t a n c y
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Problems Problems
Poor medical care for pregnant women and infants; pregnant women and infants; high infant mortality rate high infant mortality rate
HI V/ AI DS:15% of adults HI V+ ; 1.1 million people HI V+ ; 1.1 million people living with HI V/ AI DS; little living with HI V/ AI DS; little access to education and access to education and medication medication
Severe weather and natural disasters causes shortages of disasters causes shortages of food and poor drinking water food and poor drinking water
70% of population lives in poverty; 21% of population is poverty; 21% of population is unemployed unemployed Possible Solutions Possible Solutions
Provide nutrition and family planning classes; train health planning classes; train health workers to immunize children workers to immunize children
Drug companies could donate drugs so those suffering from drugs so those suffering from HI V/ AI DS would have greater HI V/ AI DS would have greater access to them access to them
Help farmers change crops, improve local diets; build improve local diets; build sanitation facilities sanitation facilities
Develop new industries; train and support entrepreneurs; and support entrepreneurs;