Third World Healthcare
A recent report found that more than 200 million children worldwide under 5 years of age do not receive basic healthcare and this has led to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments.
Not surprising, nearly all of the deaths occur in the developing world, with poor children facing twice the risk of dying compared to richer children.
Out of 146 countries surveyed, Sweden, Norway and Iceland were the top ranking countries in terms of well-being for mothers and children.
Nigeria ranked last and eight out of the 10 bottom-ranked countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, where four out of five mothers lose a child.
The top three among the 55 developing countries were the Philippines, Peru and South Africa with Indonesia and Turkmenistan tying for fourth.
A number of health initiatives in the Philippines have been able to successfully cut its child death rate in half since 1990 and the major one was rehydration therapy for diarrhea illnesses whereas only 15 percent of Ethiopian children are able to receive rehydration.
Thirty percent of children in developing countries are not getting basic health intervention like prenatal care, skilled assistance during birth, and basic immunizations and in the Philippines and Peru, the poorest children are 3.2 times more likely to go without essential healthcare compared to their best-off counterparts with the poorest Peruvian children 7.4 times more likely to die than their richest counterparts.
In Latin America, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru have some of the world's widest survival gaps between rich and poor children. In Asia, large disparities also exist in India and Indonesia. Use of existing, low-cost tools and knowledge could save more than 6 million of the 9.7 million children who die yearly from easily preventable or curable causes.
Priorities and society’s decisions on what is important will continue to be debated. Each of these countries make decisions that impact the lives of many and governments do not provide health care to everyone. Individuals worldwide have to make their own decisions and manage with the resources provided. We will continue to see many deaths in developing countries and should feel blessed that we have the resources we do.
Not surprising, nearly all of the deaths occur in the developing world, with poor children facing twice the risk of dying compared to richer children.
Out of 146 countries surveyed, Sweden, Norway and Iceland were the top ranking countries in terms of well-being for mothers and children.
Nigeria ranked last and eight out of the 10 bottom-ranked countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, where four out of five mothers lose a child.
The top three among the 55 developing countries were the Philippines, Peru and South Africa with Indonesia and Turkmenistan tying for fourth.
A number of health initiatives in the Philippines have been able to successfully cut its child death rate in half since 1990 and the major one was rehydration therapy for diarrhea illnesses whereas only 15 percent of Ethiopian children are able to receive rehydration.
Thirty percent of children in developing countries are not getting basic health intervention like prenatal care, skilled assistance during birth, and basic immunizations and in the Philippines and Peru, the poorest children are 3.2 times more likely to go without essential healthcare compared to their best-off counterparts with the poorest Peruvian children 7.4 times more likely to die than their richest counterparts.
In Latin America, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru have some of the world's widest survival gaps between rich and poor children. In Asia, large disparities also exist in India and Indonesia. Use of existing, low-cost tools and knowledge could save more than 6 million of the 9.7 million children who die yearly from easily preventable or curable causes.
Priorities and society’s decisions on what is important will continue to be debated. Each of these countries make decisions that impact the lives of many and governments do not provide health care to everyone. Individuals worldwide have to make their own decisions and manage with the resources provided. We will continue to see many deaths in developing countries and should feel blessed that we have the resources we do.
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