Approximately 80 percent of the population lives on less than US$2 per day with 16 percent existing in extreme poverty on less than $1 per day. There are only 12 doctors for every 100,000 people in Guinea-Bissau, and only 34.7 percent of births are assisted by skilled attendants. The maternal mortality rate rose in 2003 from 910 to 1,100 deaths for every 100,000 live births. Around 54 percent of children aged 5-14 are involved in child labour and that there are increasing numbers of street children.

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CERF allocates $ 1,361,531 in total for humanitarian assistance in Guinea-Bissau 

30 May 2006:

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