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In 73 countries, donation rates are still less than 1% of the population (the minimum needed to meet basic needs in a country).

73个国家的献血率仍然不到人口的1%(这是为满足一个国家的基本需求必须达到的最低比率)。

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More than one billion people — one sixth of the world's population - live in extreme poverty, lacking the safe water, proper nutrition, basic health care and social services needed to survive.

目前有10亿多人，即世界人口六分之一，生活在极度贫困之中，缺乏生存所必需的安全用水、适当的营养、基本卫生保健以及社会服务。

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"The lack of access is also affecting the ability of the Afghan population to obtain the necessary medical assistance and basic services, which they need,and which they are increasingly not getting,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

There has been no change in the ability of the population to influence basic decisions that affect its future well-being.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations

But more worrying still, is the consistent failure to achieve the other half of the same MDG goal -- that of halving the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation.

CNN: Opinion: 'The Washington Well of Hope'

Furthermore, as longevity of the population increases, these basic behaviors powerfully influence whether the added years are burdened by disability and illness.

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