10.5.2

Successes

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Successes of Development Aid

There have been some successes resulting from development aid.

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Healthcare and poverty

  • Much development aid has been targeted at healthcare - one highly contagious disease, small-pox, has been eliminated as a result of global vaccination campaigns.
  • The number of people living in extreme poverty has declined from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 836 million in 2015.
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Education

  • Education has been crucial to reducing poverty.
  • Teaching personal hygiene and the need for safe water and proper sanitation have helped contain killer contagious diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
  • There have been some improvements in gender equality and access to primary education.

Malaria Eradication

Malaria is a disease that can be fatal if not treated, and is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.

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Physical eradication

  • Malaria can be eradicated by:
    • Draining the swampy areas where the Anopheles mosquito (the carrier of the disease) breeds, and spraying those areas with DDT or similar chemicals.
    • Distributing mosquito nets for people to sleep under as people are most likely to be bitten when they are asleep.
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Medical eradication

  • Malaria can be eradicated by:
    • Encouraging those in at risk areas to take preventive medicine. These drugs do not cure the disease but they reduce the risks of contracting it.
    • A trial of an anti-malaria vaccine, to be licensed soon hopefully.

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1Tectonic Processes & Hazards

2Option 2A: Glaciated Landscapes & Change

3Option 2B: Coastal Landscapes & Change

4Globalisation

5Option 4A: Regenerating Places

6Option 4B: Diverse Places

7The Water Cycle & Water Insecurity (A2 only)

8The Carbon Cycle & Energy Security (A2 only)

9Superpowers (A2 only)

10Option 8A: Health & Human Rights (A2 only)

11Option 8B: Migration & Identity (A2 only)

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