Poverty is defined as a lack of basic human needs like food, water, shelter, and healthcare. It means lacking the ability to participate effectively in society due to not having opportunities, choices, or access to resources. Extreme poverty is living on less than $1.25 per day, which affects one's health, security, and inclusion in their community. Effects of poverty include increased risk of water-borne diseases and malnutrition, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, as poverty limits access to clean water and adequate nutrition.

1. Poverty
Done by: Ryan Heng, Bong Teck
En, Joven Tan Jun Wei, Goh Chin Wei

2. What is poverty?
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain
amount of material possessions or money.
Absolute Poverty or destitution refers to the
deprivation of basic human needs , which
commonly includes food, water , sanitation,
clothing, shelter, health care and education.

3. Poverty
• Poverty is the inability of getting choices and
opportunities, a violation of human dignity
which also means lack of basic capacity to
participate effectively in society.
• Not having enough to feed and clothe a
family, not having a school or clinic to go
to, not having the land on which to grow one’s
food or a job to earn one’s living, not having
access to credit.

4. Poverty
• It means insecurity, powerlessness and
exclusion of individuals, households and
communities which also means
insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of
individuals, households and communities.

5. Extreme Poverty
• The dollar a day poverty line measured
absolute poverty by the standards of the
world’s poorest countries. The World Bank
defined the new international poverty line as
$1.25 a day for 2005 but have recently been
updated to be $1.25 and $2.50 per day.

6. Effects of Poverty
• Each year many children and adults die as a
result of a lack of access to clean drinking
water and poor sanitation. Many combinable
diseases and many of the poverty related
diseases spread as a result of inadequate
access to clean drinking water. According to
UNICEF 3,000 children die every
day, worldwide due to contaminated drinking
water and poor sanitation.

7. Effects Of Poverty
• Contaminated water and inadequate sanitation
are related to diseases of poverty such as
malaria, parasitic diseases, and schistosomiasis.
• These infections act as cofactors that increase
the risk of HIV transmission.
• One of the reasons that water-related diseases
are still occurring because water supplies can be
contacted by contaminated surface water.

8. Poor Nutrition due to Poverty
• Malnutrition disproportionately affect those in
sub-Saharan Africa. Over 35% of children under
the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa show physical
signs of malnutrition.
• Malnutrition, the immune system, and infectious
diseases operate in a cyclical manner: infectious
diseases have deleterious effects on nutritional
status, and nutritional deficiencies can lower the
strength of the immune system which affects the
body’s ability to resist infections.