Health in Guinea-Bissau
The WHO's estimate of life expectancy for a female child born in Guinea-Bissau in 2008 was 49 years, and 47 years for a boy.[1] in 2016 life expectancy had improved to 58 for men and 61 for women.[2]
The prevalence of HIV-infection among the adult population is 1.8%.
Despite lowering rates in surrounding countries, cholera rates were reported in November 2012 to be on the rise, with 1,500 cases reported and nine deaths. A 2008 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau affected 14,222 people and killed 225.[8]
The 2010
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[12] finds that Guinea-Bissau is fulfilling 61.2% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[13] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Guinea-Bissau achieves 85.8% of what is expected based on its current income.[13] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 70.8% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[13] Guinea-Bissau falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 27.0% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[13]
Healthcare
The WHO estimated there were fewer than 5 physicians per 100,000 persons in the country in 2009. Guinea-Bissau has an unusually high ratio of nursing staff to doctors.[14]
Medical facilities outside Bissau are virtually non existent. [citation needed] In Bissau there is the Raoul Follerau Hospital, and the Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes.
The
References
- ^ "Global Health Indicators: Mortality and burden of disease" (PDF). 2010. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.. Healthy life expectancy at birth was 42. The probability of dying between a live-birth and age 5 was 19.5% (down from 24% in 1990, p.51).
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau". WHO. 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ The WHO estimates a 1.8% HIV-infection rate from 2007 data among 15- to 49-year-old Bissau-Guineans – see statistics on page 65 of: "2. Cause-specific mortality and morbidity" (PDF). WHO. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.. (The section's introduction describes estimation methodology).
- ^ As of 2008[update], only 20% of HIV-infected mothers or sufferers with advanced cases had anti-retroviral drug access, see: "Health service coverage" (PDF). WHO. 2010. p. 91. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.. Coverage in the general population is lower.
- ^ "Selected infectious diseases" (PDF). WHO. 2010. p. 76. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010. – 148,542 reported cases in 2008.
- ^ According to the 2010 WHO report, the latest Malaria mortality rate per 100,000 Bissau-Guineans (180) is substantially greater than that for AIDS (65). ("Cause-specific mortality and morbidity" (PDF). WHO. 2010. p. 64. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.) Among children younger than 5, malaria is nine times more deadly (p. 65).
- ^ "Global Health Indicators: 4. Health service coverage" (PDF). WHO. 2010. p. 91. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- AllAfrica.com. 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "The State Of The World's Midwifery". United Nations Population Fund. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ UNICEF 2013 Archived 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, p. 27.
- ^ "Country Comparison :: Maternal mortality rate". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ a b c d "Guinea-Bissau - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ ("Health workforce, infrastructure, essential medicines" (PDF). 2010. p. 118. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.)
- ^ "Could these beautiful islands help stop killer diseases?". BBC. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.