SOMALIA Week 10 updated

Somalia has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in the region with an average on total population: 48.47 years; male: 46.71 years; female: 50.28 years (2006 est.). Somalia continues to have one of the highest child mortality rates in the world, with 10% of children dying at birth and 25% of those surviving birth dying before age five. The number is on total: 114.89 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 124.18 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 105.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.). But on the other hand Somalia also has one of the lowest HIV infection rates in Africa: 1% (2001 est.) or 43,000 (2001 est.) of people living with HIV. In education, with the collapse of the central government in 1991, the education system is now private. Quranic schools also known as duqsi's remain the basic system of instruction for religion in Somalia. They provide Islamic education for children, thereby filling a clear religious and social role in the country. The Qu'ranic system, which teaches the greatest number of students relative to the other education sub-sectors, is the only system accessible to nomadic Somalis compared to the urban Somalis who have easier access to education. In 1993, a survey by UNICEF was conducted in which it found, among other things, that about 40% of pupils in Qu'ranic schools were girls. The actual disparity against women in the Educational system in Somalia is even bigger in secular schools besides the problem of few higher-education schools. The country is also wrecked by many fatal diseases especially Malaria, killing 40% of all death.
GDP—per capita:
purchasing power parity - $550 (2001 est.)
Somalia’s estimated 6.8 million people live in extreme poverty and show some of the worst health indicators in the world. Somalis suffer from chronic food insecurity and severe droughts. More than 350,000 remain refugees, while 370,000 to 400,000 have been internally displaced often for years.