August 19 is World Humanitarian Day

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.)
• Description:
  Learn more about how CDC works to build public health capacity globally during—and after—humanitarian emergencies.
  
  • 97 million people affected by natural disasters
  
  • More than 1.3 billion people still lack access to electricity
  
  • Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-borne illness, such as diarrhea
  
  • 51.2 million people forcibly displaced by violence and conflict
  
  • About 768 million people without access to safe water source
  
  • About 800 women die every day from maternal causes
  
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  Source: OCHA’s World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2014
  
  world_humanitarian_day_infographic.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Disasters Global Health
• Source:
  World Humanitarian Day
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30d5c150b1637d323fb35538646be303b3912f09b45cd2bf40f0ff1c2afb828a297a2391661a664bf8011025c77e7722bf6aed246e6ff348728f47e585ae4b74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34442/cdc_34442_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB ]