You will live an average of 19 years longer depending on where you are born in the world
50% of mortality reduction in children under the ages of 5 is due to investments other than health
Nearly a million people die annually due to diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene
Over half of the world's population lacks access to essential health services
Air pollution is attributed to 9% of deaths globally each year, with highest impacts on low to middle income countries

So we ask: Is health care a right? Should everyone have access to clean drinking water (sounds rather nonsensical doesn't it?), Who is responsible for the air? Rich countries should pay for the poorer countries. Money should not determine levels of care, or should it? We should close the border...or not. Global warming is the number one issue facing the world today.

All of these are food for thought as we examine implications to our most vulnerable individuals, families, communities, regions and countries.

Sources: WHO, USAID, CDC, Lancet, APA