I was interested in some facts about Somalia , a country in the horn of Africa with a life expectancy of 47 years at birth, and a siginificant livestock expoerter, in light of the continued US
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) = 25 in 2004
Definition: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)= 25 in 1999
Definition: Births attended by skilled health staff are
the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)= 26 percent in 2000
Definition: Prevalence of child malnutrition (weight for age) is the percentage of children under five whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below
the median reference standard for their age as established by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Figures are based on children under age three, four, and five years of age, depending on the country.
And then one reads this from:
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9103
"The U.S. now has nothing to show for three years of investing in these warlords as the sole element of their counter-terrorism [CT] strategy in Somalia Washington has followed after 15 years of no government, no state, in Somalia
Does Somalia
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