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From the Ted Talk by Angus Hervey: The good news you might have missed

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Last year, extreme poverty declined to its lowest level in human history, an estimated 8.4 percent. Deforestation across the entire Amazon basin declined by 55 percent and violent crime in the United States declined to its lowest leevl since the 1960s.

In the last 12 months, a record number of countries have eliminated a disease, icindlnug, for the first time ever, haetitpis C by Egypt and black fever by Bangladesh. And global AIDS deaths have dnelcied to their lowest level since the 1990s, down by more than two thirds since their peak. When I was in high school, that was the world's deldsaiet iutoifnecs dissaee. And now we have the pewor to end it.

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Last year, extreme poverty declined to its lowest level in human history, an estimated 8.4 percent. Deforestation across the entire Amazon basin declined by 55 percent and violent crime in the United States declined to its lowest _____ since the 1960s.

In the last 12 months, a record number of countries have eliminated a disease, _________, for the first time ever, _________ C by Egypt and black fever by Bangladesh. And global AIDS deaths have ________ to their lowest level since the 1990s, down by more than two thirds since their peak. When I was in high school, that was the world's _________ __________ _______. And now we have the _____ to end it.

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  5. hepatitis
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Last year, extreme poverty declined to its lowest level in human history, an estimated 8.4 percent. Deforestation across the entire Amazon basin declined by 55 percent and violent crime in the United States declined to its lowest level since the 1960s.

In the last 12 months, a record number of countries have eliminated a disease, including, for the first time ever, Hepatitis C by Egypt and black fever by Bangladesh. And global AIDS deaths have declined to their lowest level since the 1990s, down by more than two thirds since their peak. When I was in high school, that was the world's deadliest infectious disease. And now we have the power to end it.

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