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1 in 4
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2.5 Times
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1,200
Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup
In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
Abortion in the United States
500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
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70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
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1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
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3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
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45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
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34 Million
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1 in 3
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2.5 Times
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1,200
Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup
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Opioid overdose deaths in the United States
34 Million
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