• Over the past decade, India has lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty. World Bank Group.
• The national maternal mortality ratio in Sudan declined significantly by nearly 60% from 2009 to 2019. BMC Public Health.
• New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations. Ars Technica.
• Traffic fatalities are a choice. Between 1990 and 2017, traffic fatalities dropped in countries that adopted the Safe System approach: Australia by 47%, New Zealand by 48%, Sweden by 67%, the Netherlands by 55%, and in Spain by 80%. Asterisk.
• With 70% dip in cases, Kerala set to eliminate rheumatic fever. The New Indian Express.
• Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage. St. Louis Public Radio.
• Kenya more than doubled electricity access over a decade. Forbes.
• How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader. The Progress Playbook.
• Canada’s two largest provinces, Alberta and Ontario, have stopped using coal for electricity generation. 440.

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