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Kenya (Map courtesy of The World Factbook)

Africare-Kenya

REGION: East Africa
CAPITAL CITY: Nairobi
POPULATION: 33,467,000
LAND AREA: The size of Arizona and New Mexico combined

Well known for its tourist attractions, from world-class game parks to the urban sophistication of the capital city of Nairobi, Kenya faces the same basic development challenges as its African neighbors: poverty, food shortage and widespread illness, especially in the rural areas. Severe droughts have particularly impacted Kenya's subsistence farmers and taken a toll on the natural resource base. Recent civil unrest has exacerbated conditions (previously Kenya was considered one of Africa's most politically stable countries). Some of the earliest evidence of the ancestors of modern man has been found in the Kenyan portion of the Great Rift Valley, and so Kenya is often called "the cradle of humanity."
           

Country Stats

Life expectancy: 52.1 years (USA: 77.9)

Under-5 child mortality: 120/1,000 live births (USA: 7/1,000)

HIV prevalence, ages 15-49: [5.2 - 7.0]% (USA: [0.4 - 1.0]%)

Physicians per 100,000 people: 14 (USA: 256)

People undernourished: 31% (USA: 0%)

People with access to safe drinking water: 61% (USA: 100%)

Adult literacy: 73.6% (USA: 99%)

Annual income, one way to look at it (GDP per capita, PPP US$): $1,240 (USA: $41,890)

Annual income, another way to look at it (GDP per capita): $547 (USA: $41,890)

People living on less than $1 a day: 22.8% (USA: 0%)

(HIV prevalence statistics, UNAIDS. All other statistics, 2007/2008 Human Development Report, UNDP)