Quick Facts

ORPHANS

143 million children in the developing world are orphans, meaning they have lost one or both parents.[1]

15 million children have already lost their parents to HIV/AIDS; by 2010, there will be 20 million orphans from HIV/AIDS.[2]

80 percent of those children who have lost a parent to HIV/AIDS in the developing world live in sub-Saharan Africa.[3]

More than 90 percent of all orphans in sub-Saharan Africa are cared for by extended families, not orphanages.[4]

Orphans throughout the world face many challenges-malnutrition, starvation, abuse, disease, loss of family property, decreased school attendance, and death.[5]

HEALTH

2 million children die from pneumonia each year, making it the leading cause of death in children throughout the world, more than AIDS, Malaria, and measles combined.[6]

2.5 million children (under age 5) died from vaccine-preventable deaths in 2002; 76 percent of these occurred in Africa and Southeast Asia.[7]

2.3 million children under age 15 are living with HIV; every day more than 1400 are newly infected, even though mother-to-child transmission is 98% to 99% preventable when anti-retroviral treatment is taken during pregnancy. [8]

Malaria kills one child in Africa every 30 seconds.[9]

1 in 5 deaths in children under age 5 in Africa are from Malaria.

9.7 million children died before reaching their 5th birthdays in 2006, mostly from preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and neonatal causes of death.[10]

NUTRITION

146 million children in the developing world, 27 percent, are underweight.[11]

In South Asia, 46 percent of all children under 5 are underweight[12]

Malnutrition, a deficit of essential nutrients, contributes to more than 50 percent of all child deaths in the developing world.[1] Undernutrition-insufficient caloric intake-contributes to 53 percent of all deaths in children 5 and under.[2]

EDUCATION

120 million primary school-aged children, primarily girls, are not in school.[3]

Approximately 700,000 new cases of HIV can be prevented each year, if all children receive a complete primary education.[4]

CHILDREN IN CONFLICT

20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations; more than 1 million of these have be orphaned or separated from their families.[5] Approximately 300,000 children-boys and girls under the age of 18-are involved in conflicts around the world.[6]

CHILD ABUSE

40 million children under age 15 suffer from abuse and neglect and require health and social care.[7] Millions of children are being trafficked, forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery, and forced into prostitution and/or pornography:

0.3 million in armed conflict
1.2 million being trafficked
1.8 million forced into prostitution/pornography[8]

INFORMATION COMPLIED BY GLOBAL ACTION FOR CHILDREN

For more information on the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in the developing world, please visit www.globalactionforchildren.org.

[1] The World Health Organization
[2] The World Health Organization
[3] UNFPA, http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/out-of-school.htm; UNICEF
[4] Global Campaign for Education
[5] UNICEF
[6] UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org/emerg/files/childsoldiers.pdf
[7] UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_violence.html
[8] International Labor Organization, http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
[1] UNICEF, State of the World's Children 2006; http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/press/who.php
[2] UNAIDS and UNICEF
[3] UNICEF, Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations, 2006
[4] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; UNICEF, Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations 2006
[5] UNICEF
[6] The World Health Organization, http://www.who.org
[7] The World Health Organization, Global Immunization data http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring
/data/GlobalImmunizationData.pdf
[8] The World Health Organization; 10 facts on children's health, http://www.who.int/features/factfiles
/child_health2/photo_story/en/index.html
[9] http://www.rbm.who.int/
[10] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/
[11] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/
[12] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/



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Quick Facts ORPHANS 143 million children in the developing world are orphans, meaning they have lost one or both parents.[1] 15 million children have already lost their parents to HIV/AIDS; by 2010, there will be 20 million orphans from HIV/AIDS.[2] 80 percent of those children who have lost a parent to HIV/AIDS in the developing world live in sub-Saharan Africa.[3] More than 90 percent of all orphans in sub-Saharan Africa are cared for by extended families, not orphanages.[4] Orphans throughout the world face many challenges-malnutrition, starvation, abuse, disease, loss of family property, decreased school attendance, and death.[5] HEALTH 2 million children die from pneumonia each year, making it the leading cause of death in children throughout the world, more than AIDS, Malaria, and measles combined.[6] 2.5 million children (under age 5) died from vaccine-preventable deaths in 2002; 76 percent of these occurred in Africa and Southeast Asia.[7] 2.3 million children under age 15 are living with HIV; every day more than 1400 are newly infected, even though mother-to-child transmission is 98% to 99% preventable when anti-retroviral treatment is taken during pregnancy. [8] Malaria kills one child in Africa every 30 seconds.[9] 1 in 5 deaths in children under age 5 in Africa are from Malaria. 9.7 million children died before reaching their 5th birthdays in 2006, mostly from preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and neonatal causes of death.[10] NUTRITION 146 million children in the developing world, 27 percent, are underweight.[11] In South Asia, 46 percent of all children under 5 are underweight[12] Malnutrition, a deficit of essential nutrients, contributes to more than 50 percent of all child deaths in the developing world.[1] Undernutrition-insufficient caloric intake-contributes to 53 percent of all deaths in children 5 and under.[2] EDUCATION 120 million primary school-aged children, primarily girls, are not in school.[3] Approximately 700,000 new cases of HIV can be prevented each year, if all children receive a complete primary education.[4] CHILDREN IN CONFLICT 20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations; more than 1 million of these have be orphaned or separated from their families.[5] Approximately 300,000 children-boys and girls under the age of 18-are involved in conflicts around the world.[6] CHILD ABUSE 40 million children under age 15 suffer from abuse and neglect and require health and social care.[7] Millions of children are being trafficked, forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery, and forced into prostitution and/or pornography: 0.3 million in armed conflict 1.2 million being trafficked 1.8 million forced into prostitution/pornography[8] INFORMATION COMPLIED BY GLOBAL ACTION FOR CHILDREN For more information on the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in the developing world, please visit www.globalactionforchildren.org. [1] The World Health Organization [2] The World Health Organization [3] UNFPA, http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/out-of-school.htm; UNICEF [4] Global Campaign for Education [5] UNICEF [6] UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org/emerg/files/childsoldiers.pdf [7] UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_violence.html [8] International Labor Organization, http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm [1] UNICEF, State of the World's Children 2006; http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/press/who.php [2] UNAIDS and UNICEF [3] UNICEF, Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations, 2006 [4] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; UNICEF, Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations 2006 [5] UNICEF [6] The World Health Organization, http://www.who.org [7] The World Health Organization, Global Immunization data http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring /data/GlobalImmunizationData.pdf [8] The World Health Organization; 10 facts on children's health, http://www.who.int/features/factfiles /child_health2/photo_story/en/index.html [9] http://www.rbm.who.int/ [10] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/ [11] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/ [12] UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival; http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/	Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program that recently took 30 at-risk youth from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Johannesburg, South Africa. 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