India continues to perform poorly on global indices of progress. With the largest number of internet shutdowns in the world, India has recorded a third consecutive year of declining online freedom; it ranks 94 out of 107 nations on the Global Hunger Index 2020; and eight states have registered an alarming fall in sex ratios in the latest National Family Health Survey. But even tempered expectations are not enough to cushion some of the other blows. India has fallen two notches on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index, which measures standards of living, education and per capita income, to rank at 131 among 189 nations. It has also slipped an appalling 17 spots on the 2020 Human Freedom Index to stand at 111 out of 162 countries.
The two were the only Caribbean countries in the category of very high human development .
The Bahamas improved two places from 60 to 58 after jumping 16 spots in the last HDI. Barbados, which was the highest in the region last year, fell two places from 56 to 58, after dropping one spot in the previous ranking.
Eleven of the Caribbean countries listed fell in the category of high human development.
Trinidad and Tobago, after jumping nine spots to 63 last year, fell four spots to 67, tying with Seychelles.
Cuba improved two spaces from 72 to 70 after previously dropping three spaces.
Saint Kitts and Nevis fell one spot from 73 to 74, tying with Grenada, which improved four spaces from 78.
The Bahamas and Barbados tied for the top Caribbean countries in the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index (HDI) 2020, which was released today.
The two were the only two Caribbean countries in the category of very high human development. The Bahamas improved two places from 60 to 58 after jumping 16 spots in the last HDI. Barbados, which was the highest in the region last year, fell two places from 56 to 58, after dropping one spot in the previous ranking.
Eleven of the Caribbean countries listed fell in the category of high human development.
Trinidad and Tobago, after jumping nine spots to 63 last year, fell four spots to 67, tying with Seychelles.
Research Article
Hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections in a population with endemic scabies: A prospective study in Fiji, 2018–2019
Li Jun Thean ,
Daniel Engelman, Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Tropical Diseases Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Children’s Global Health, Melbourne Children’s Campus, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⨯
Jyotishna Mudaliar,
Affiliation Tropical Diseases Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia