Measuring World Health
Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most deprived 10% of England, according to recent reports. Does the data back this up?
Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most deprived 10% of England, according to recent reports. But does the data back this up? And how is "good health" measured across the world? Hannah Moore and Wesley Stephenson explore the numbers with professor David Gordon from Bristol University鈥檚 International Poverty Research Centre.
(Photo: A young Rwandan woman stands in an opening of a hedgerow. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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