| More than 50% of the people in the worlds 46 poorest countries have no access to modern healthcare. |
| Approximately three billion people in developing countries do not have access to sanitation facilities. |
| 5 people die of aids every minute. |
| Annual spend per person on health: (Canada)$2,534.00 (Mali) $1 |
| More than one billion people in developing countries do not have access safe drinking water. |
| Number of people who live on less than $1 a day: G8 countries 0 - Africa 291,000,000 (291 million) |
| 13 million children are orphaned by aids - this figure is forecast to double by 2010 |
| At least 600 million urban dwellers in Africa, Asia and Latin America live in what the WHO calls 'life and health threatening homes and neighbourhoods'. |
| Number of people per doctor : Italy 169 Malawi 50,000 |
| People with HIV: Developed world 1.5 million Africa 28 million. |
| Average use of 'single use' syringes Europe and USA 1, Africa 200 - 250, South America 200-220. |
| WHO reports the worlds food supply has nearly doubled in the last 40 years, well in excess of population growth. 828 million people in the developing world are chronically undernourished. |
| Of the 31,000 children under five who die every day, 50% die from hunger related diseases. |
| UNDP (United Nations Development Program) calculated that it would take less than 4% of the combined wealth of the 225 richest individuals in the world to achieve and maintain access to basic education, basic healthcare, reproductive healthcare, adequate food, safe water and adequate sanitation, for all the people living on the planet. |
| 4,500.000 children under five die every year in Africa. |
| In 2001, a child died from aids every minute. |
| To date over twenty million Africans have died from AIDS. |
