Levels of poverty and the poverty gap in rural Limpopo by R. R. Mears, P. F. Blaauw

“…Problem investigated: The Millennium Declaration symbolises the commitment to end extreme poverty, but limited data is available for rural areas to inform policy decisions. …”
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Health disparity and healthcare utilization inequity among older adults living in poverty in South Korea: a cross-sectional study by Ah-Young Kim, Moon Sil Seo, Hye-Young Kang

“…Conclusion The higher prevalence of common geriatric diseases among MA than NHI beneficiaries confirms unfavorable health disparity in the elderly living in extreme poverty. Similar or higher healthcare utilization in treating the same conditions among MA beneficiaries suggests a low possibility of inequity for access to healthcare resources covered by the universal health security system due to poor economic status. …”
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Digital and Economic Determinants of Healthcare in the Crisis-Affected Population in Afghanistan: Access to Mobile Phone and Socioeconomic Barriers by Jin-Won Noh, Yu-Mi Im, Kyoung-Beom Kim, Min Hee Kim, Young Dae Kwon, Jiho Cha

“…Despite recent progress in Afghanistan’s health system from the support of international donors and NGOs, protracted conflicts combined with a series of natural disasters have continued to present substantial health risks. Extreme poverty has still aggravated social determinants of health and financial barriers to healthcare. …”
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Assessing Nutritional Status and Frailty among Poor Elderly Individuals in Requena del Tapiche, Peru by María Teresa Murillo-Llorente, Blanca Lafuente-Sarabia, Jennifer Samper de la Paz, Merita Flores-Púa, Manuel Tejeda-Adell, María Ester Legidos-García, Marcelino Perez-Bermejo

“…Our objective was to identify the health needs of elderly people living in extreme poverty in Requena (Peru) by means of a geriatric assessment of the nutritional and functional spheres to design, in the future, a cooperation project appropriate to the needs detected. …”
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Desenvolvimento rural do semiárido brasileiro: transformações recentes, desafios e perspectivas by Antonio Marcio Buainain, Junior Ruiz Garcia

“…Currently the Semiarid concentrates the largest share of Brazilian rural population living in poverty and extreme poverty conditions. Although this picture is still partially true, it does not take into account a “new” scenario that is emerging in this region fostered by public and private investments in infrastructure, industries, mines and agriculture, and by social policies as well. …”
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Representaciones sociales del sistema Chile solidario “Una mirada desde las familias beneficiarias de la comuna de Punta Arenas” by Jessica Soto P.

“…ABSTRACTThis research is the system context of Chile Solidario, designed and implemented by the Government of Chile since 2002 and whose main purpose to overcome extreme poverty in our country. From this point of view, this study intends to investigate in Social Representations have families who are tapped for the Chile Solidario System, in particular, and the meaning they give to the system itself, delving into the perceptions, opinions and information to families regarding the handling system. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Canine Sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1998–2018) and Its Correlation with Socioeconomic Conditions by Anna Barreto Fernandes Figueiredo, Mônica de Avelar Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, Wagner de Souza Tassinari, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Luisa Helena Monteiro de Miranda, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Sandro Antonio Pereira

“…Areas with a high concentration of canine sporotrichosis cases coincided with regions that possessed a low proportion of households without paving, suggesting that the disease is not necessarily linked to extreme poverty. The mapping of areas with a greater density of cases is fundamental to formulate targeted and strategic plans in order to implement effective public health prevention and control measures.…”
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Household-wide ivermectin treatment for head lice in an impoverished community: randomized observer-blinded controlled trial by Daniel Pilger, Jorg Heukelbach, Adak Khakban, Fabiola Araujo Oliveira, Gernot Fengler, Hermann Feldmeier

“…After treatment with ivermectin, the estimated number of annual episodes of head lice infestation was reduced from 19 to 14 in girls and from 15 to 5 in boys. Female sex and extreme poverty were independent risk factors associated with a shortened disease-free period. …”
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Determinants of Poverty in Mexico: A Quantile Regression Analysis by Jorge Garza-Rodriguez, Gustavo A. Ayala-Diaz, Gerardo G. Coronado-Saucedo, Eugenio G. Garza-Garza, Oscar Ovando-Martinez

“…The results obtained in the quantile regressions indicate that there are significant differences with the results of the simple ordinary least squares model, especially for households in extreme poverty but also for the other income categories analyzed for several of the explanatory variables used in the models. …”
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The Unseen—An Investigative Analysis of Thematic and Spatial Coverage of News on the Ongoing Refugee Crisis in West Africa by Hansi Senaratne, Martin Mühlbauer, Ralph Kiefl, Andrea Cárdenas, Lallu Prathapan, Torsten Riedlinger, Carolin Biewer, Hannes Taubenböck

“…A culmination of identity politics, climate-driven disasters, and extreme poverty has led to this humanitarian crisis in the region and is exacerbated by a lack of political will and misplaced media attention. …”
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Inflation-poverty causal nexus in sub-Saharan African countries: an asymmetric panel causality approach by Clement Olalekan Olaniyi, Nicholas M. Odhiambo

“…Practical implications – All stakeholders and policymakers must pay adequate attention to issues of asymmetric structures, nonlinearities and country-to-country policy variations to address country-specific issues and the socioeconomic problems in the probable causal nexus between the high incidence of extreme poverty and double-digit inflation rates in most SSA countries. …”
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Sustentabilidade e o Ensino Colaborativo na Escola: uma experiência interdisciplinar no Projeto SustentaCAp2030<br>Sustainability and Collaborative Teaching in schools: an interdis... by Daniella Assemany, Jorge Felipe Marçal

“…The results show students' perception about the situation of extreme poverty in the Brazilian population, which occurs due to the history of colonialism, slavery and racism.…”
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A milagrosa economia da religião: um ensaio sobre capital social by David Lehmann

“…<br>Religion is often claimed to contribute to social capital, though under certain circumstances; it is widely recognized that movements of religious renewal and revival are mostly commonly observed among low-income, and marginalized populations, and sometimes seem to be the only institution-builders in circumstances of extreme poverty and institutional decay or vacuum; religious movements exhibit numerous undemocratic features: authoritarian hierarchies, strong pressures on followers to make sacrifices, to conform, and to contribute money. …”
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Poverty levels and children's health status: study of risk factors in an urban population of low socioeconomic level Nível de pobreza e estado de saúde das crianças: um estudo de f... by Roberto M.S. Issler, Elsa R.J. Giugliani, Guilherme T. Kreutz, Clarice F. Meneses, Elisa B. Justo, Valerie M. Kreutz, Milton Pires

“…Children from families living in extreme poverty (poorest quartile) were found to have higher infant mortality rate, lower birth weights, more hospitalizations, and higher malnutrition rates, in addition to belonging to more numerous families. …”
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Influence of serum levels of vitamin D on IgE response in schoolchildren with asthma in poor communities by Eduardo Egea, Gloria Garavito, Luis Carlos Fang-Mercado, Dary Luz Mendoza, José Miguel Escamilla, Elsie De los Rios, Rodolfo Dennis, Mario Sanchez-Borges

“…Methods: Case-control study in 1340 schoolchildren (687 asthmatic and 653 controls) from communities in extreme poverty in Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, and Montería. …”
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Uso e ocupação do solo em São Paulo, alterações climáticas e os riscos ambientais contemporâneos by Jane Zilda dos Santos Ramires, Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry

“…This phenomenon is exacerbated in major cities of less developed countries, where we see the increasing number of people living in extreme poverty surviving in areas of risk, such as hillsides and areas prone to flooding. …”
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Manifestations of social inequality in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic among men who have sex with men and transgender people in Ukraine: results of a survey of users of the... by Kasianczuk M. H.

“…COVID-19 significantly impacted the economic circumstances of the people surveyed: 24% lost at least two-thirds of their income, 41% lost their jobs, and 23% found themselves in extreme poverty and had to limit their food intake. Respondents who belong to socially more vulnerable populations were particularly heavily struck by the COVID-19 epidemic’s societal and economic changes in 2020. …”
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption: A National Ecological Study in Mexican Adolescents by Leticia Ávila-Burgos, Rebeca Guzmán-Saldaña, María de Lourdes Márquez-Corona, América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola, Sonia Márquez-Rodríguez, Mariana Mora-Acosta, Gladys Remigia Acuña-González, Antonio Hernández-Morales, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

“…The prevalence of tobacco consumption among middle-school adolescents correlated with the portion of the employed population that earned up to two minimum wages (r = 0.3960), the percentage in poverty by income 2008 (r = 0.4754) and 2010 (r = 0.4531), and the percentage in extreme poverty by income 2008 (r = 0.4612) and 2010 (r = 0.4291). …”
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Social determinants of health pave the path to maternal deaths in rural Sri Lanka: reflections from social autopsies by Lasandha Irangani, Indika Ruwan Prasanna, Sajaan Praveena Gunarathne, Sandaru Hasaranga Shanthapriya, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala Agampodi

“…The patterns of social causes based on the type of maternal deaths were analyzed using mixed methods. Extreme poverty, low educational level, gender inequity, and elementary or below-level occupations of the husband were common in most deceased families. …”
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Transcriptomics-based analysis using RNA-Seq of the coconut (Cocos nucifera) leaf in response to yellow decline phytoplasma infection by Nejat, Naghmeh, Cahill, David M., Vadamalai, Ganesan, Ziemann, Mark, Rookes, James, Naderali, Neda

“…Invasive phytoplasmas wreak havoc on coconut palms worldwide, leading to high loss of income, food insecurity and extreme poverty of farmers in producing countries. Phytoplasmas as strictly biotrophic insect-transmitted bacterial pathogens instigate distinct changes in developmental processes and defence responses of the infected plants and manipulate plants to their own advantage; however, little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying host–phytoplasma interactions. …”
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