Today is international Literacy Day

A UNESCO-sponsored program designed to bring the world’s focus on the importance of learning to read .Studies show that a region’s literacy rate is directly related to poverty, health issues and prejudices against women.

Under the slogan,” Literacy is the best remedy, “UNESCO has chosen this year to focus on the relationship between literacy and health, underlining epidemics and communicable diseases such as HIV, TUBERCLUSIS and MALARIA.

Burkina Faso in West Africa holds that dubious distinction, according to the UN. Some 87 percent of its adult population is unable to read or write. Niger and Mali with illiteracy rates of 86 and 81 percent (respectively).  

Special literacy projects in Brazil, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zambia have been spotlighted and will receive prizes for bringing to improve conditions in their region.

Source (Answers. com)