[Source: http://www.gapminder.org/%5D
Data comparision makes you aware that there still lot to do on battle field, fighting against some of the grass root issues like malnourishment.
SiliconIndia reports:
According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), India has more number of malnourished children that Sub-Saharan Africa.
Survey done by the health ministry, backed by UNICEF, has found that almost 46 percent of children under the age of three are undernourished. About 35 percent of children in Sub-Saharan Africa region are malnourished.
“In terms of the under-nutrition levels, certainly India is at a much higher level than the average Sub-Saharan African country,” Werner Schultink, chief of child development and nutrition for UNICEF in India, reported a national daily.
Read full news here : www.siliconindia.com
Some more facts in video( I liked this video for his presentation style, amazing style to represent statistical data available on net)
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI]
Video Info :With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Prof. Hans Rosling uses software from Gapminder debunks a few myths about the “developing” world. This global health visionary has discovered a powerful new way to communicate complex data about the world; his remarkable interactive graphs help deliver profound insights about global trends and will change forever the way you think about “us” and “them.” Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.) More TEDTalks at http://www.TED.com
Prognosis 2025 : Vision for India : Year 2008 
February 25, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Video is just superb….thanks for sharing
February 25, 2007 at 10:42 pm
yeah video is amazing…and informative…!!!!!!!!….But wht can be the solution !!!!!!!??
February 28, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I like the video… esp. his saying to make the databases public… would love to see that n a step further… translation of statistical data into layman’s language!!!
thanks for sharing!!!
January 9, 2008 at 4:36 am
This is an amazing n knowlegble video.
i liked dis video very much as it deals with the real issue of a country
but still a no clear solution is given to overcome this probelm in short the the mesaures to come up with it…..
February 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm
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