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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
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
7 Percent
In 2020, demonstrations around the world increased by 7 percent
3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
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