Can Poverty Be Eliminated
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The document discusses several reasons for and solutions to poverty. It notes that poverty has many complex causes, including poor governance, geography, culture, and uneven economic growth. It advocates for governments to lower taxes for the poor, increase taxes for the rich, provide education, healthcare, and small loans to help the poor start businesses. Microcredit programs and basic social services could help reduce poverty. Eliminating poverty requires contributions from everyone in society.
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articles were selected for full-text review, out of which 30
met the inclusion criteria and included in the final analysis.
The studies used different study designs, including crosssectional, cohort, and case-control studies. The sample sizes
ranged from 100 to 10,000 participants.
Results: The findings of the studies showed that poverty has
a significant impact on under 5 children mortality in West
Africa. Children from poor households were more likely to
die before their fifth birthday compared to children from
wealthier households. Poverty also affected the health
outcomes of mothers, which in turn affected the health
outcomes of their children. The studies identified various
factors that contribute to the impact of poverty on under 5
mortality, including malnutrition, lack of access to
healthcare, poor sanitation, and inadequate housing. The
studies also highlighted the role of community-level factors,
such as social support and community participation, in
mitigating the impact of poverty on under 5 mortality.
Conclusion: Poverty affects various aspects of life,
including access to healthcare, nutrition, and basic
amenities, which in turn affects the health outcomes of
children. Community-based interventions that address the
underlying causes of poverty and improve access to
healthcare and basic amenities should be strengthened,
designed better and implemented in collaboration with
stakeholders to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability.
Further research is needed to identify effective interventions
that can improve health outcomes in impoverished
communities.
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- 2. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =526BTs_DRoE
- 3. • About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations.
- 4. • Unfortunately, it is children who die most often.
- 13. There are many reasons why people poor, such as :governance, geography,culture and so on.
- 14. • Because of the governments with low efficiency, it inhibited development .
- 16. • Geography--including natural resources, climate, topography, and proximity to trade routes and major markets
- 23. • As the overall economic growth, average income can rise, but the distribution unevenly the poor may benefit little, and pockets of extreme poverty may persist.
- 25. So we may ask ourselves: “How to end or eliminate Povery?”
- 26. In the world, even some very rich areas, it stills have poverty. Why? Because the imbalance of income distribution and lower chances to have a better education and health care for the poor.
- 27. Government can decrease the tax of low income class and make a high tax to the rich level to help the poor. It also can give a supplement to the poor to have a education chance.
- 29. In the world, some people are so rich, if they can share some of their wealth to the poor, it will give more people a chance to get a new life. And if a person is very poor and wants to get some money to start business, he can hardly to get a loan from the bank. So government should make some policy or special banks to give small debt to the poor.
- 30. In Bengal, Prof. Muhammad Yunus set a bank named ‘Grameen’ especially give micro-credits to the poor and it made millions of people have chance to start their own development. Not only in Bangladesh, but also in many other countries, this bank has a great impact. It made him won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his contribution.
- 31. Education is very important in decreasing poor. Many people can’t have a similar chance to enter college compared with the person who was born in rich families. If poor people doesn’t have a good education, they won’t have a excellent working skill or knowledge to help them earning money to break through poverty. And the poverty will inherit to their next generation. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. In some rich areas, such as in USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Gini Coefficient is also very high.
- 32. The government should also give a basic health care for the poor. If a country without enough health care for their people. One family or person may become poor for a severe sickness. So a good society health care system can decrease much poverty percentage and prevent people from being poor.
- 33. To eliminate poverty, we need everyone to make contribution.
- 35. "Poverty is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings." said by Nelson Mandela
- 36. Make Poverty History - Nelson Mandela • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =qQzY0ZoclRI
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