How much do many sub-Saharan countries spend on drugs per person per year?

Inequality of health care is still paramount, says the WHO’s latest report. Industrialised countries account for less than 20 percent of the world’s population but take 90 percent of health spending. In Japan more than 500 dollars is spent on drugs per person per year. This compares to just three dollars in Sierra Leone. Only slightly more is spent in many sub-Saharan countries.

The United States military says an American airstrike has killed five militants in Iraq. The military said the militants were burying a bomb along a road in the city of Diwaniyah. A military spokesman says another militant survived the attack.