END POVERTY WITH HEALTH AND EDUCATION.

Hallo
welcome back.
With the health worker strike,election atmosphere "global warming" and the year about to end.

We have to do something and very fast.Just heard this from BBC radio.Would like us to know how health is important to end poverty.

"How has Peru cut its poverty rate in half in just ten years?
Building on decades of economic growth,a policy of inclusive economics has meant many of the poorest in the country have shared in the
prosperity created by the boom.

Government schemes to extend basic services such as piped water, sanitation and electricity to slum areas, underpinned by social programmes for children, families and the over 65s, have helped to lift 7 million people out
of poverty in the last five years alone. Low-income communities have played a vital role in the speed and extent to which this has been rolled out, putting pressure on successive governments through direct action such as protests and roadblocks.


But there are problems. Rural poverty rates remain high, many people are still slipping through the net, and more investment in
health and education is needed. Corruption is endemic, and Peru’s largely informal economy means the improvement in
people’s living conditions is precarious, particularly as the country’s economy is now slowing down."

Let us learn from peru and do something.

(source BBC radio)