• Diseases of poverty, also known as poverty-related diseases, are diseases that are more prevalent in low-income populations. They include infectious diseases...
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    "neglected diseases of poverty" has been developed and explored. This group of diseases, which overlaps with neglected tropical diseases, also pose a...
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    the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.9 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes include...
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    result of increasing wealth in a society. Also referred to as the "Western disease" paradigm, these diseases are in contrast to "diseases of poverty", which...
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  • The culture of poverty is a concept in social theory that asserts that the values of people experiencing poverty play a significant role in perpetuating...
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    This is a list of countries and territories by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization...
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    Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse...
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    The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line...
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  • Development Index List of countries by Human Development Index by region List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty Poverty in Africa 1.^...
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    Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human...
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  • Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates...
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  • disease types are drug overdose (including alcohol overdose), suicide, and alcoholic liver disease. Diseases of despair, and the resulting deaths of despair...
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  • The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the poverty of community in a country, developed by the United Nations to complement the Human Development...
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  • In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited, preventing subsequent generations from escaping it. It is caused...
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    Poverty in Africa is the lack of provision to satisfy the basic human needs of certain people in Africa. African nations typically fall toward the bottom...
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    Multidimensional Poverty Indices uses a range of indicators to calculate a summary poverty figure for a given population, in which a larger figure indicates...
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    Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift...
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  • Understanding Poverty, treatment of the poor can lead to a cycle of poverty, a culture of poverty, and generational poverty. This type of learned helplessness...
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    affect health. Diseases of poverty are diseases that are associated with poverty and low social status; diseases of affluence are diseases that are associated...
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    Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the...
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    difficult method to prevent. In the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, suicides by hanging are classified under...
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    Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness, often called simply the boots theory, is an economic theory that people in poverty have to buy cheap and...
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  • indicate 5% of all homicidal deaths are caused by murder–suicides. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control reports...
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    structure Human Poverty Index Human security List of countries by Social Progress Index List of countries by social welfare spending Poverty reduction Social...
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    In China today, poverty refers mainly to the rural poor. Decades of economic development has reduced urban extreme poverty. According to the World Bank...
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    Mass suicide is a form of suicide, occurring when a group of people simultaneously kill themselves. Mass suicide sometimes occurs in religious settings...
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    waterborne diseases. Microorganisms causing diseases that characteristically are waterborne prominently include protozoa and bacteria, many of which are...
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    International development List of sovereign states by percentage of population living in poverty Right to an adequate standard of living Sustainable Development...
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  • Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty. This...
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    theory Causes of mental disorders Correlates of crime Criticism of capitalism Cycle of poverty Disease of despair Diseases of poverty Economic inequality...
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