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In this assignment you have to write about a health problem in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) To help you choose your topic this week you're going to look at the health in an LMIC of your choice. You need to answer 10 of the questions below. You should find the information to answer those questions from reputable sources, like UNICEF or the World Health Organization. Please provide a link - it doesn't have to be a full citation, just a link - to where you got the information. 

Example of how to format your responses:

1. Question is here
2. Your answer is here. (Web link for where you found the information.)

Country: 

Vaccination (UNICEF often has this information) 

1. What percent of children are vaccinated against polio?
2. What percent of children are vaccinated against measles?
3. What percent of children have received a pneumonia vaccine?

Childhood Diseases

1. How many childhood deaths due to pneumonia occur annually? (Note: Sometimes pneumonia deaths are called acute respiratory infections)
2. How many childhood deaths due to diarrhea occur annually? (Note: Sometimes diarrhea deaths are called intestinal infectious diseases).

Malaria

1. How many malaria-related deaths occur in this country annually?
2. What percent of children under age 5 and pregnant women sleep under a mosquito net?

HIV/AIDS

1. What is the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among adults?
2. What percent of people living with HIV are receiving antiretroviral therapy?

Tuberculosis

1. What is the incidence/prevalence of tuberculosis?
2. What percent of people with TB have MDR-TB?

Safe Delivery

1. What percent of women give birth with the help of a skilled birth attendant?
2. What percent of women give birth in a health facility?
3. What is the maternal mortality rate?
4. What is the maternal mortality ratio?
5. What are the major causes of maternal death?

Child Survival

1. What is the neonatal (0-28 days of life) mortality rate?
2. What are the leading causes of neonatal mortality?
3. What is the infant (under 1 year old) mortality rate?
4. What are the leading causes of infant mortality?
5. What is the under-5 mortality rate?
6. What are the leading causes of under-5 mortality?

Malnutrition

1. What percent of children under 5 are underweight?
2. What percent of children under 5 are wasted?
3. What percent of children under 5 are stunted
4. Overnutrition 
5. 1. What percent of adults are overweight?
6. What percent of adults are obese?
7. What percent of adults have diabetes?

Injuries

1. How many road traffic fatalities are there in a year?
2. Is there a national seatbelt laws?
3. Is there a national motorcycle helmet law?