The top five nations in terms of the number of children who are not in school are India, Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. This ranking is based on a variety of criteria, including population size, educational infrastructure, economic situations, and social dynamics. Let’s quickly go through some of the factors that make these nations known for having large proportions of school-age children who are not attending:India: The number of children who are not in school is greatly increased by the size of the Indian population. Despite initiatives to increase access to education, issues including poverty, poor infrastructure, and cultural norms in some areas have hampered efforts to guarantee universal education.
Nigeria: Nigeria deals with issues including poverty and regional inequalities. Many kids are not attending school, especially in the country’s northern regions, due to issues including insecurity, cultural norms, resource scarcity, and poor educational infrastructure.
China: Despite significant improvements in educational access, China’s size implies that even a tiny percentage of out-of-school children can result in massive absolute numbers. The problem is exacerbated by economic differences between rural and urban areas, migration trends, and the difficulty of accessing high-quality education in remote places.
Ethiopia: Ethiopia has several socioeconomic issues that limit children’s possibilities for schooling. Particularly in rural and marginalized populations, poverty, poor infrastructure, conflicts, and cultural barriers might make it difficult to obtain education.
Bangladesh: Despite recent progress, Bangladesh still has challenges in ensuring that all children have access to education. The goal of universal education is challenged by issues including poverty, child labor, societal standards, gender inequities, and a lack of resources.
While these five nations are emphasized as having high rates of out-of-school youth, it’s crucial to keep in mind that several other nations all over the world deal with comparable challenges.
One striking aspect of this visualization is the gender disparity within the out-of-school population. The data reveals that 55.86% of these children are female, while the remaining 44.14% are male. This significant difference suggests that girls face additional barriers to accessing education, contributing to their higher representation in the out-of-school population.
The time aspect of the visualization is another important discovery. It suggests that 1971 stands out as a significant turning point, denoting the height of youngsters not attending school. This observation allows us to examine the progress made over the years in addressing this issue and implementing educational reforms.
Additionally, the graphic highlights a recurrent pattern where females had more children out of school than males throughout the course of the studied years. This pattern underlines the critical need for specific interventions and policies to overcome the ongoing gender disparities that prevent girls from achieving educational success. It is also significant to notice that, in addition to the gender gap, the data visualization also demonstrates the average number of “kids being out of school” has been progressively declining over time.
This result shows that, despite persistent gender inequities, attempts to address the problem of out-of-school children have had beneficial results. To advance toward attaining universal access to education, it emphasizes the significance of consistent investment in education and targeted activities meant to reach the most vulnerable groups, notably females.
By recognizing this declining trend in the average number of children out of school, we can acknowledge the impact of educational policies and interventions that have been implemented to improve access and reduce barriers to education. However, it is crucial to remain vigilant and address the underlying factors contributing to gender disparities and ensure that every child, regardless of their gender, has equal opportunities to receive a quality education.
To sum it up, while the visualization highlights a decreasing average number of children being out of school over the years, the persistence of gender disparities emphasizes the need for continued efforts to bridge the gap and provide equal educational opportunities for all children, ultimately fostering a more inclusive and equitable society.
A life without electricity. A world plunged into darkness, where everyday tasks become formidable challenges. From the moment we wake up to the time we go to sleep, electricity powers our lives, enabling us to connect, learn, and thrive. I Am Mazen Harb the founder and CEO of RenewaPower, and our mission is to establish a network of renewable portable power stations across Madagascar, addressing the energy deficit faced by millions of people. This by utilizing clean sources. To achieve our ambitious vision, we will adopt a comprehensive approach. The big Story Idea here is far beyond simply providing access to electricity. It is about transforming lives, fostering economic growth, and preserving the environment.
In the following figure (Figure 1.) we can drag our focus to the countries with the least accessibility to electricity in terms of population percentage. Our comprehensive analysis of global access to electricity shows that African nations face the greatest challenges in terms of population percentage lacking electricity connectivity. By zooming in on the most affected countries, this caption (Figure 2. and Figure 3.) emphasizes the lowest percentage of the population in African countries lacking access to electricity, including the addition of Seychelles for our later reference. The displayed heatmap indicates that there has been negligible progress in electricity accessibility among countries included in our study over a span of 10 years between 2011 and 2020
Contrasting Seychelles and Madagascar (Figure 4. and Figure 5.)
When we examine access to electricity, we find a significant disparity among African nations. In Seychelles, a small island nation blessed with abundant sunshine and breathtaking beaches, access to electricity is widespread, empowering its people and economy.
Seychelles’ geographical advantage has attracted tourists from around the world, fueling a vibrant tourism industry. This influx of visitors has created countless business opportunities, stimulated economic growth and improved the standard of living for its citizens. In contrast, just a short distance away lies Madagascar, a larger neighboring island with similar geographical features. However, the lack of access to electricity hampers its development potential. Without reliable electricity, Madagascar faces numerous challenges. Businesses struggle to operate efficiently, hampering economic growth. Education and healthcare are impacted, hindering progress, and limiting opportunities for its people.
Introducing our Portable Power Supply Stations
In response to this pressing issue, we are proud to introduce our revolutionary solution: Portable Power Supply Stations. These stations harness the power of renewable energy sources such as water, sunlight, and wind. Our stations can be easily deployed in any area, bringing electricity to remote regions and communities in need. By utilizing clean and sustainable energy, we aim to bridge the gap, empowering individuals and catalyzing development.
Brief Conclusion
Access to electricity is not just a luxury; it is a fundamental catalyst for progress. With our Portable Power Supply Stations, we can unlock the potential of communities, fostering economic growth, improving lives, and illuminating a brighter future for all. Together, let us bring light to the darkest corners and empower those who have been left in the shadows.
Over the past 15 years, studying and increasing net healthcare expenditure has become crucial. We sought to understand the relationship between healthcare expenditure and net national income within a country, a factor that can be taken into consideration by the government to develop.
Analyzing the data, we discovered a clear correlation between net national income and healthcare expenditure. Bar charts visually depicted the relationship, showing that as net national income increased, healthcare expenditure in the US also rose.
As shown in the following bar charts, life expectancy is decreasing which means that the US needs logically further investment in healthcare expenditure. In addition, the increase in death rate over time shows that US needs more to invest in the healthcare sector. Those two are supporting our argument.
Thus, the evidence showing life expectancy decreasing and death rate increasing, highlighted the importance of developing healthcare expenditure within a factor that can be most probably the net income in the US. To address this, governments should prioritize policies that promote economic growth and allocate a larger portion of the budget towards healthcare.
By fostering economic growth and stability, governments can generate more resources for healthcare. GDP increase (shown in the bar chart below) year by year shows that the government can allocate resources and invest in healthcare. Additionally, increasing the net healthcare expenditure ensures adequate funding for improved access, quality, and affordability of healthcare services.
Based on the evidence, it is recommended that governments align economic policies with healthcare funding. This approach creates a positive cycle where a thriving economy enables greater investment in healthcare, leading to improved health outcomes and societal well-being.
In conclusion, the relationship between net national income and healthcare expenditure is crucial. By leveraging this connection, governments can create a more equitable and sustainable healthcare system, benefiting the health and welfare of their citizens.
“Ice storm rolls from Texas to Tennessee – I’m in Los Angeles and it’s freezing. Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!” — Donald Trump, Dec. 6, 2013
The Ex-US president is not the only one who has a hard time believing in Global warming. Many weather fluctuations, including cold weather and floods, may lead us to think that our planet’s temperature is not that high. However, Understanding the science behind “Climate” and how our daily lives affect it, will give you a completely new perspective.
Extreme heat, drought, and dry crops are not the only effects of Global warming. These are merely the HOT weather aspects we might experience. In fact, Climate is a set of many weather changes that fluctuate depending on the location and the time of year, like storms, precipitations, and water temperature. Any extreme change in these indicators is a sign of climate change.
In the Past years, extreme weather has included floods, droughts, increases in heat waves, irregular storms, arctic meltdowns, and increases in coastal sea levels. These were all traced back to an increase in temperature. As we can see in the graph below, our planet’s temperature has significantly increased in the past 100 years and we reached today 1 degree Celsius above the normal average.
So, global warming is the climate change we are facing, but why?
Several causes are contributing to the increase of our planet’s temperature, the most important and significant of them are Greenhouse gases and CO2 on the rise.
The Earth already had greenhouse gases in its atmosphere as part of its natural carbon cycle, and this was before humans ever came along. But since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, humans have been adding even more carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These act like the windows on a glass greenhouse. Some gases in the atmosphere will trap certain wavelengths of energy from bouncing back into space (below highlighted in red), and that trapped energy heat, keeps our planet warm.
The dashboard helps us visualise that greenhouse gases have been on the rise since 1960 without halt. We can also observe that even though the CO2 emission has slightly decreased since 2017, this decrease comes from decline in industry and construction activity. CO2 Emission coming from factories and constructions went down from causing 32% fall CO2 emissions to nearly 13% due to several laws obliging factories to apply stricter rules reducing emission. However, the high rise in CO2 emissions from electricity production (which climbed from 30% to 42%) and transportation ( going from 12% to 27%) which made the positive decrease in industry emission negligible.
Its also important to notice that although environmentalist have been calling upon the human race to implement strategies that reduce pollution and CO2 emissions, the decrease in those 2 monitored values are nearly negligible.
As reasoned earlier, and evident in the dashboard, the highest increases in CO2 levels are caused by the production of Electricity! Yes, the electricity we as humans can no longer live without, is mostly produced by fuels: When fuels are burned for energy, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are released as bi-products.
in the below plot, its noticeable from recent data that we are still highly relaying on the oil, coal and gas (fossil fuels) in the production of %82 of electricity, which is considered a still high percentage especially after global efforts to reduce such polluted energy and to rely on green alternatives such as hydro, nuclear, wind and solar powers.
Our reasons for concern come from the more indirect effects of global warming. Long term damage is bigger than what we imagine as illustrated in the below diagram, and it is approaching more rapidly:
The weather effects will surely lead to serious social, economic, and health-related complications, that is why it is important that we all unite in the face of this rapid climate change, and take a stand by conserving energy and calling for cleaner energy sources.
There are many ramifications to climate change, but one thing is a fact: ending fuel based electricity production, will eliminate the biggest source of CO2 production.
Other promising methods of providing electricity, all of which with Zero gas emissions should and can be used instead. they will have low carbon print and will definitely reduce the global increasing temperatures.
With everything discussed, there is no denying that global warming is real. we can conclude that even though producing electricity is currently the largest contributor to global warming, the hoax is assuming that we need to live in the dark ages to avoid the problem. however we must acknowledge that there is a serious need to make a positive shift towards green energy.
Don’t burn your kid’s future. Stop Global Warming.
Infant mortality is a grave global concern, as millions of infants lose their lives each year before reaching their first birthday. According to World Bank data, in 2020, the global infant mortality rate stood at an estimated 28 deaths per 1,000 live births.
The World Health Organization recorded 5 million child deaths in 2020, including 2.4 million newborn deaths, which are considered unacceptable as a considerable portion of these deaths could have been prevented.
Although these numbers seem to be so high, we can’t neglect the fact that it has been reduced from 54 death per 1,000 lives birth in 2020 (World Average) by increasing Health Expenditure which has a significant impact on infant mortality rates. Increased investment in healthcare infrastructure, resources, and services leads to better access to prenatal and neonatal care, vaccinations, and skilled healthcare professionals. This, in turn, reduces infant mortality rates by addressing preventable causes and providing timely interventions for infants in need.
In India, the Infant mortality rate in 2020 was 29 deaths per 1000 live births, which declined from 66 in 2000 by increasing the Health Expenditure. The same applies to Pakistan which decreased the infant mortality rate from 85 death per 1000 live birth to 54 death per 1000 live birth over the last 20 years.
In 2015, global health spending amounted to around USD 7.3 trillion, representing a significant portion of the global gross domestic product (GDP), approximately 10%. High-income countries, on average, allocated nearly 12% of their GDP to healthcare, the highest among all income groups. Conversely, low-income countries allocated an average of 7% of their GDP to healthcare. It is essential to ensure that underdeveloped countries have access to adequate resources to replicate the substantial yearly reductions in infant mortality rates observed in more developed countries. For instance, in 2020, the United States reported an infant mortality rate of 5.6 deaths per 1000 live births, while the United Kingdom’s rate was 3.5
The US has one of the world’s highest HE per capita, reaching up to $11K, which is reflected clearly in their low IMR of 5 per 1000 Live Births.
on the other hand, Pakistan has a very low HE of $38 per capita, again reflecting on their IMR of 54 per 1000 live births.
Healthcare expenditure remains a crucial component of reducing infant and neonatal mortality around the globe. In some countries such as India, Pakistan, and sub-Saharan Africa where health infrastructure is largely underdeveloped, increasing health expenditure will contribute to progress toward reducing infant and neonatal mortality during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era. Therefore, governments in the region need to increase the amounts allocated to healthcare service delivery in order to reduce infant mortality.
The top five nations in terms of the number of children who are not in school are India, Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. This ranking is based on a variety of criteria, including population size, educational infrastructure, economic situations, and social dynamics. Let’s quickly go through some of the factors that make these nations known for having large proportions of school-age children who are not attending:
India: The number of children who are not in school is greatly increased by the size of the Indian population. Despite initiatives to increase access to education, issues including poverty, poor infrastructure, and cultural norms in some areas have hampered efforts to guarantee universal education.
