Last year, life expectancy on the planet reached 70. This is remarkable progress — just 115 years ago in 1900, life expectancy was around 30. In Roman times, life expectancy was about 22 years. Compared to a century ago, each of us has now been granted more than two lifetimes.

Deben canalizarse fondos hacia el personal más capacitado, más clínicas y más medicinas, para que sean empleados con la mayor eficacia posible en cada área y reducir la mortalidad general.

Last year, life expectancy on the planet reached 70. This is remarkable progress — just 115 years ago in 1900, life expectancy was around 30. In Roman times, life expectancy was about 22 years. Compared to a century ago, each of us has now been granted more than two lifetimes

Corruption last year cost the world more than one trillion dollars. That is a trillion dollars we can’t use to get better health care, education, food and environment. And corruption is only part of the problem of poor governance – many countries are run ineffectively, lacking accountability, transparency and rule of law. Running countries better would have obvious benefits. It would not only reduce corruption but governments would provide more services the public wants and at better quality. It is also likely that economic growth would increase.

Corruption last year cost the world more than one trillion dollars. That is a trillion dollars we can’t use to get better health care, education, food and environment. And corruption is only part of the problem of poor governance – many countries are run ineffectively, lacking accountability, transparency and rule of law.

Ebola got most of the attention in 2014. It killed about 8,000 people. Meanwhile, over the same period of time about 3.6 million people died from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

The truth is that despite great progress in healthcare, much of the world is still blighted by preventable disease, with the poorest people suffering the most. The good news is that tackling these diseases turns out to be an extraordinary good investment.

El año pasado, la corrupción le costó al mundo más de un billón de dólares (1). Es decir, un billón de dólares que no podemos utilizar para obtener una mejor atención sanitaria, educación, alimentación y cuidado del medio ambiente. Un estudio demuestra que la corrupción en Honduras le cuesta a cada ciudadano 592 dólares al año. Y la corrupción es sólo una parte del problema de la mala gobernabilidad -muchos países son administrados de forma ineficaz, sin rendición de cuentas, sin transparencia, ni un Estado de Derecho (2).

¿Cuál es el mayor asesino ambiental del mundo? Para sorpresa de muchos, es la contaminación del aire, que causa la muerte de 7 millones de personas al año, o una de cada ocho muertes a nivel mundial.¿Cuál es el mayor asesino ambiental del mundo? Para sorpresa de muchos, es la contaminación del aire, que causa la muerte de 7 millones de personas al año, o una de cada ocho muertes a nivel mundial.

Air quality has improved dramatically in rich countries over the past century. Yet air pollution is still a huge problem, especially in the developing world. It kills about 7 million people each year, accounting for one out of every eight deaths globally. But the most deadly air pollution comes from inside people's houses, because 2.8 billion people still use firewood, dung and coal for cooking and keeping warm, breathing polluted air inside their homes every day.

Air quality has improved dramatically in rich countries over the past century. Yet air pollution is still a huge problem, especially in the developing world. It kills about 7 million people each year, accounting for one out of every eight deaths globally. But the most deadly air pollution comes from inside people's houses, because 2.8 billion people still use firewood, dung and coal for cooking and keeping warm, breathing polluted air inside their homes every day.