Social challenges in Rio and their solutions
- Created by: westanrevision
- Created on: 17-04-22 16:39
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- social challenges in Rio ( + solutions)
- health care
- average life expectancy in Rio is 63 years compared to 80 years in Barra da Tijuca
- Medical staff detect and treat twenty different diseases in people’s homes, reducing infant mortality and increasing life expectancy.
- average life expectancy in Rio is 63 years compared to 80 years in Barra da Tijuca
- education
- Only ½ of all children continue education beyond age 14 because of: a shortage of schools and teachers; a lack of money and a need for teens to work to support their families
- The authorities have: given school grants to poor families; opened a private university in Rocinha favela
- Only ½ of all children continue education beyond age 14 because of: a shortage of schools and teachers; a lack of money and a need for teens to work to support their families
- water supply
- 37% is lost through leaks and illegal access; droughts make water expensive
- 300 km of new pipes and 7 treatment plants built; by 2014, 95% of the population had mains water
- 37% is lost through leaks and illegal access; droughts make water expensive
- energy
- Frequent power cuts and blackouts; many poorer people get their electricity by illegally tapping into the main supply
- 60 km of new power lines installed; anew nuclear generator built
- Frequent power cuts and blackouts; many poorer people get their electricity by illegally tapping into the main supply
- health care
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