Medical Conditions In Poor Countries

Poverty and Health - World Bank

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/brief/poverty-health

Poverty is a major cause of ill health and a barrier to accessing health care when needed. This relationship is financial: the poor cannot afford to purchase those things that are needed for good health, including …

Improving health care quality in resource-poor countries

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/improving-health-care-quality-in-resource-poor-countries/

We’ve reduced child mortality and infectious diseases, including HIV. At the same time, it’s a known fact that in most low-income countries, policymakers, health …

Health inequities and their causes - World Health …

https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes

There is ample evidence that social factors, including education, employment status, income level, gender and ethnicity have a marked influence on how healthy a …

Poverty and access to health care in developing countries

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17954679/

People in poor countries tend to have less access to health services than those in better-off countries, and within countries, the poor have less access to health services. This …

Easily preventable or treatable illness - 80,000 Hours

https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/health-in-poor-countries/

Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness …

https://www.who.int/news/item/05-07-2018-low-quality-healthcare-is-increasing-the-burden-of-illness-and-health-costs-globally

There has been some progress in improving quality, for example in survival rates for cancer and cardiovascular disease. Even so, the broader economic and social …

Dying from lack of medicines | Africa …

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2016-march-2017/dying-lack-medicines

“Low-income countries experience poor availability of essential medicines in health facilities, substandard-quality treatments, frequent stock-outs and suboptimal prescription and use of...

Health Care Around the World — Global …

https://www.globalissues.org/article/774/health-care-around-the-world

There are programs for the elderly, military service families, the disabled, children and some poor through programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and so on, but some 45 million Americans …

Medical problems of the developing countries - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17779985/

The reduced morbidity and mortality which results from immunization against childhood infectious diseases, smallpox, and tuberculosis must be borne in mind in overall planning …

5 Major Countries With The Worst Health …

https://www.medicaldaily.com/5-major-countries-worst-health-care-395258

In 2000, the World Health Organization embarked on an exhaustive mission to rank the health care systems of 191 countries, with the African nation Sierra Leone ranking dead last …