Its goal is not only to increase prevention efforts, but also to provide more care and treatment for all victims of the disease, with particular emphasis on children. Fifth, increasing girl's education. Of the nearly one billion adults who can't read or write in the developing world, two-thirds are women. Expanded female education is absolutely essential to successful development. Increased schooling has significant impacts on the health of women and their husbands and children.
Educated women are more productive, and have fewer, more educated children.
The administration is expanding its support for girls' education in Africa under President Clinton's new Education for Development and Democracy Initiative . This should permit thousands of girls to complete a basic education and move on to university study. Sixth, protecting the global environment. The combination of expanding population pressures, poverty and economic growth leads to serious environmental consequences. Cities in the developing world, for example, must accommodate up to 2.5 billion more people over the next twenty-five years.