Africa Flashcards
(24 cards)
2 political causes
Corrupt government + war
2 social causes
HIV/AIDS + poor education
2 economic causes
Debt + unfair trade
2 impacts on people directly
Poor health + victims of conflict
2 impacts on other countries and their governments
Government can become engaged in conflict + govs are unable to have health workers the country needs
2 impacts on a region or the wider international community
Face large numbers of refugees + spread of global diseases
2 attempts to tackle
UNICEF: let us learn + WFP in Central African Republic
2 failed attempts to tackle
UNICEF: funding + WHO: malaria
Corrupt government example
Former leader of Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos stole money from the country to give to his family, in particular his daughter. Making his daughter the richest woman in Africa.
War main point
In South Sudan, between the government and opposition forces. The civil war has caused 1.5 million people to be displayed and huge food shortages across the country.
HIV/AIDS example
1 in 25 people in Africa has HIV/AIDS
Poor education example
In Malawi less than 60% of teachers have undergone teacher training
Debt example
Africa has a $300 billion debt burden
Unfair trade example
Africa only has a 3% share of world trade
Poor health example
1 in 25 people in Africa have HIV/AIDS
Victims of conflict example
The war in South Sudan has seen 6.3 million people struggle to find enough food to eat and almost 4 million have fled their home.
Government engaged in conflict example
The war in South Sudan has seen 6.3 million people struggle to find enough food to eat, and almost 4 million have fled their home.
Governments unable to have health workers example
1 in 25 people in Africa have HIV/aids who all require treatment.
Large numbers of refugees example
2 million refugees have fled South Sudan since the civil war began
Spread global diseases example
Ebola pandemic was largely contained to west Africa in 2014-16 but did spread to some other countries.
UNICEF: let us learn example
The initiative awarded over 4,000 scholarships to girls in Madagascar to help them enroll and stay in school.
WFP in Central African Republic example
In 2015, WFP assisted 923,000 people, when we distributed around 33,000 metric tons of food and $1.1 million in aid.
UNICEF: funding example
UNICEF launched a $13 million appeal to help Malawi, but only managed to raise $11 million. After the UNICEF initiative, 40% of the population were still in need of food assistance - including over 1 million children
WHO: malaria example
Over half a million children in Africa dies of Malaria yearly.
