Poverty and Disease

Question 1

How does a lack of infrastructure most likely affect poverty in rural India?

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It increases poverty because access to food and employment depends on reliable infrastructure.

Question 2

In Botswana today, HIV/AIDS infection rates are

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decreasing and life expectancy is increasing.

Question 3

International organizations know that effective programs to treat HIV/AIDS must include

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treatment, prevention, and testing.

Question 4

The prevalence of endemic diseases is most effected by factors related to

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poverty.

Question 5

Which contribution from international organizations to fight disease is most necessary?

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medical supplies

Question 6

The UN Millennium Project’s goal to achieve universal access by 2010 for HIV/AIDS treatment for all who need it

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was not met but increased from the 1990 level.

Question 7

In a country where poverty is common, what are the poor most likely to be experiencing?

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a lack of basic needs

Question 8

The graph shows the Life Expectancy for Males in Sub-Saharan Africa.The only country in which the 2010 life expectancy for males rose higher than the 1980 figure was

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Kenya.

Question 9

What problems in a country could cause poverty to spiral out of control? Select five answers.rapid population growthinflationcivil warslow foreign debtfarm land destroyed by waroverabundance of exportsgovernment corruption

Question 10

In 2014, the United States defined poverty as the state in which anyone is surviving on less than

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$32.00 a day.

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