Tag: poverty’
-
Poverty falls to below pre-pandemic level in 2023
•
ABOUT 17.54 million Filipinos were living in poverty in 2023, significantly lower from than the nearly 20 million in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday. Based on preliminary results of the PSA’s Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the poverty incidence among the population fell to 15.5%…
-
Neglected tropical diseases lead to severe health issues and poverty for millions, particularly in tropical regions
•
Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people despite the existence of cheap interventions to control them.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/neglected-tropical-diseases" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/Neglected-tropical-diseases-thumbnail.png"/></a>
-
Two million Filipino children living in severe food poverty — UNICEF
•
AROUND TWO MILLION Filipino children are living in severe food poverty, putting them at risk of malnutrition, according to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a report entitled “Child Food Poverty: Nutrition deprivation in early childhood,” UNICEF said 18% of Filipino children under five years…