Healthcare in developing countries statistics
- how to improve healthcare in developing countries
- how to improve healthcare in poor countries
- how to improve healthcare systems in developing countries
- how to improve access to healthcare in developing countries
Third world countries' health care issues.
Poverty and access to health care in developing countries
In 1978, the World Health Assembly met and agreed that there was a need for access to healthcare services for all irrespective of socioeconomic status, creed and where people live. This was famously known as the ‘Alma Ata Declaration’ [1].
Past forward several decades however, many governments in developing countries have not shown responsible commitment to this declaration, and the result has been ineffective healthcare services for all; and in particular, unequal healthcare services delivery between those living in urban and rural areas.
And even with the metamorphosis of Alma Ata Declaration into one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and recently into the third goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [2], from India to Uganda and Nepal to Nigeria, the situation seems to be the same.
However, as a firm believer of the proverbial ‘half bread is better than none’, I feel there is a need to deliver even the ineffective healthcare services equally in these countries; while at the same time trying to do better.
For this reason, I propose three levels of healthcare
- healthcare problems in developing countries
- why is healthcare important in developing countries