Life expectancy in the developing world has increased from 40
years to 61 since 1950. But HIV/AIDS is lowering this number in
some countries. The average life span in Zimbabwe, for example,
was expected to reach 68 by 2010, but that is now unlikely since
it is currently only about 40. There are 1.5 billion women of
childbearing age in the world. A record 33.4 million people
worldwide are infected with HIV/AIDS, and there are 16,000 new
cases every day. Every year more than 300 million STD cases are
diagnosed worldwide, affecting 1 in 20 adolescents. Of 3.6
billion adults worldwide, 960 million are illiterate, two thirds
of whom are women. Cuts in U.S. international aid made in 1996
are estimated to have resulted in an additional 6,500 deaths of
women during childbirth, 115,000 infant deaths, 1.4 million
abortions, and 3.4 million unplanned pregnancies in the same
year. One in seven people, or about 840 million, currently do
not have enough to eat. There are now 1.3 billion people living
on the equivalent of o