Lack Of Health Care In Sub-Saharan African And Southeast Asian Countries

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Imagine laying in bed in pain with no one able to help you. Imagine getting sick and instead of worrying about the work you would need to be made up, worrying about whether tomorrow would come. This is what life is like in developing countries because of the lack of medical care. While the the United Nation's World Health Organization (WHO) made the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978, which promised the universal access to health services worldwide by 2000 ("Finding Solutions”), approximately 400 million people still lack the basic human right of health care (”How Many People” ). People continue to die from lack of health care due to their countries’ inability to provide funds to support the necessary doctors, medication, and supplies needed.
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These countries, whose Gross National Income is less than $11,905 (“Country List”), simply do not have enough trained medical workers to treat issues brought up from unsafe drinking water and no vaccinations ("HEALTH CARE IN”). In Sub-Saharan African and South East Asian countries, there is a one to 2000 doctor citizen ratio ("Right to Health”). While there may be doctors in the area, for many the cost is far too much ("Right to Health”). Along with the cost of the visit, families can not pay for the “extreme prices” ("Right to Health”) of medication. Parents in poverty can not provide the measles vaccines that costs a mere 50 cents ("HEALTH CARE IN”). Doctors in these third world countries also struggle with the proper equipment to treat patients. Medical devices can range from anything from cancer treating tools to basic technologies such as stethoscopes ("Global Forum”). Various problems stem with the issue of getting doctors the tools they need to treat people. Many developing countries receive donated medical devices from developed countries that often do not work ("Global Forum”). A major reason third world countries struggle to provide health care, is also the lack of knowledge. There are too few properly trained doctors in these areas who may not only lack proper training in treating patients, but also on how to use the supplies and tools given to its

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