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Inadequate Access to Medical Clinics:
Most citizens of
Third World lack access to medical clinics and basic medical counseling. This is generally because governments in LDCs do not have enough resources to sponsor sufficient medical programs. Many LDCs also lack medical professionals as a result of underfunded educational systems. When people cannot visit clinics regularly, they do not get
counseling they need to prevent illness and often end up incapacitated by easily- curable illnesses and parasites, such as worms.
Underfunded Education:
Many citizens of
Third World also lack access to education. Since governments in LDCs do not have funds to provide an educational system for all students, they often create unreasonably hard standardized testing systems to prevent students from graduating; and even when they do pass
tests, they are often held back because there simply are not enough resources to support them. Without access to basic and vocational education, new generations in LDCs are being severely limited in both future choices and ability to contribute to
country’s development.
Inadequate Access to Nutritious Food:
Much of
Third World lacks
money and resources to eat or grow a nutritious diet--and instead must subsist on one meal each day of starchy local food staples and vegetables. This leads to severe undernutrition in both adults and children,
often-fatal malnutrition-infection cycle in infants and young children, and high-incidence of diabetes in adults. Many people--specifically in certain geographic areas--also lack
means to cook meals. This causes those affected to choose between hunger and food- borne illness.
Inadequate Access to Improved Water

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