Combination of three drugs that slows down the process in which HIV cells duplicate.
In sub-saharan Africa one in four people live with HIV.
By December 2015, 17 million people in Africa were receving treatment.
AIDs related deaths have decreased by 45% since the peak in 2005 but life expectancy still remains at 60 years old.
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LendwithCare
Aid to entrepreneurs in developing countries
Works in 10 countries
Lenders can send a loan of as little as £15 to an entrepreneur in need of money to develop or set up their business.
Entrepreneur repays loan between 6 and 8 months.
Angelica Mumba in Zimbabwe asked for a loan of just over £1000 to buy more stock to increase her product portfolio.
Increases Angelica's GDP per capita which influences countries HDI.
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Plan U.K
Aims to get as many young children into education
Over 96,000 children accross the globe are sponsored by someone living in the U.K and £80.4 million was raised in 2015.
In 2015, each sponsor exchanged a letter with their sponsored child.
This helped over 1.5 million children across the world better their literacy skills.
This helps to increase adult literacy rate which will increase the HDI in a country which decreases the inequality of HDIs between countries.
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Factors Affecting Level of Development - Denmark
Life expectancy = 80.2 years
GDP per capita = $37,700
6% of the population live below the poverty line
Over 73% of the people aged 15 to 64 have a paid job.
A large amount of the population are paying tax to the government which can then be reinvested back into the country in order to improve the living conditions.
99.5% of the population have access to a private indoor flushing toilet.
Clean sanitation reduces the risk of becoming ill and therefore people can work and earn an income.
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Factors Affecting Level of Development - Ethiopia
174th according to its HDI on the World Bank
GDP per capita is $505.05
War with neighbouring country Eritrea caused widespread famine.
Population of over 94,000,000
Countries then did not want to trade with Ethiopia due to their instable political stance.
29.6% of people live under the poverty line.
Life expectancy of 62 years.
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Factors Affecting Level of Development - South Kor
Samsung, LG and Hyundai have recently moved their manufacturing departments to South Korea.
17th according to their HDI on the World Bank
65% of the population aged between 15 and 64 work.
GDP per capita is $28,500
Gender inequality is 1.38.
100% adult literacy rate
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Factors Affecting Level of Development - Afghanist
GDP per capita is $1,000
HDI is 0.465
Poverty rate is 36%
Up to 6.5 in every 100 births see the mother die.
32% of the population have access to a private indoor flushing toilet.
Taliban has captured most of the country and installed a fundamentalalist Islamic government.
Invasion by USA and allies in 2001.
80% of the population work in agriculture
Holds up to $3 trillion in untapped mineral deposits.
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Make Poverty History
Non-governmental organisation
Abolishes debt from LDCs to encourage international trade.
Countries can internationally trade without government intervention.
MEDC governments normally add tariffs onto trade meaning that developing countries cannot afford it.
Nigeria owed £31 billion in 2005.
Make Poverty History made a deal which allowed Nigeria's creditors to cancel roughly two thirds of their debt
The money from the loan was then lent to corrupt military dictators.
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Doha Round
Achieve major reform of the international trading system through the introduction of lower trade barriers and revised trade rules.
Abolish hard import quotas on agricultural products from the developing world and instead would only be allowed to charge tariffs on amounts of agricultural imports exceeding specific limits.
In 2013, the declaration was agreed to make special treatment for LEDCs close to becoming NICs throughout the negotiations.
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