Comment Poverty, infant death...etc a world wide problem. (Score 1) 378
An article dated Sep 2005, based on UN report show that poverty is in rise even in US.
UN Hits Back at US in Report Saying Parts of America are as Poor as Third World. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0908-06.ht m
Some highlights...
Child mortality is on the rise in the United States
The infant mortality rate in the US is now the same as in Malaysia
Blacks in Washington DC have a higher infant death rate than people in the Indian state of Kerala
Child poverty rates in the United States are now more than 20 per cent
UN Hits Back at US in Report Saying Parts of America are as Poor as Third World. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0908-06.h
Some highlights...
Child mortality is on the rise in the United States
The infant mortality rate in the US is now the same as in Malaysia
Blacks in Washington DC have a higher infant death rate than people in the Indian state of Kerala
Child poverty rates in the United States are now more than 20 per cent
