Uganda state clinic fees visits increase

Ending clinic fees brought more visits

80%

In 2001, Uganda abolished user fees at state health facilities. Visits rose by 80%, and more than half of the increase came from the poorest fifth of the population.

Bread-making predates settled farming in Jordan

≈4,500 years

The oldest known evidence comes from a site in Jordan’s northeastern desert and dates to 14,500 years ago—about 4,500 years before the region shifted to established agricultural villages.

The Permian extinction wiped out about 96% of marine species

About 96% Of Marine Species

The Permian–Triassic mass extinction eliminated about 96% of marine species. It was even more severe than the much better-known extinction that later killed the non-bird dinosaurs.

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Uganda state clinic fees visits increase

Ending clinic fees brought more visits

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