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Public Health Disparities Across the Globe - Coggle Diagram
Public Health Disparities Across the Globe
Lack of Quality Hospitals and Medical Care
The United Nations suspects that over 1.6 million deaths in Africa throughout 2015 could have been prevented with early intervention and access to prescription medications.
Many hospitals are small village hospitals, such as this one. Therefore, they often have small pharmacies with very few medications.
COVID-19 has shown how significant this issue is as many medical centers and hospitals do not have the equipment and testing supplies to deal with the growing number of outbreaks.
COVID-19 in Africa
Lack of Mental Health Treatment and Care
In the African nation of Kenya alone, it is estimated that over 25% of all citizens suffer from various mental illnesses. Kenya is also considered to be the most advanced country in Africa in terms of mental healthcare.
Some of the more prevalent mental illnesses in Kenya include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and severe anxiety disorder.
In the entire nation of Kenya, there are only 80 psychiatrists, 30 clinical psychologists, and fewer than 250 psychiatric nurses.
It is believed that only 0.05% of the entire Kenyan healthcare budget is used for mental health treatment and services.
This image shows a psychiatric patient receiving treatment in a Kenyan hospital. They are one of the very few Kenyan citizens that can receive mental health treatment when needed
This photo shows the mental health workforce gap throughout the world. Note that in Africa, either there was not enough data to analyze, or that it was concluded countries needed at least 60 more mental health professions per 100 citizens.
Lack of Accessibility to Women's Health Services
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 830 women die each day from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth-the vast majority of these women are also from developing countries.
Over 99% of all deaths related to childbirth or pregnancy will occur in developing countries.
It is believed that some causes for this extremely high mortality rate include high service costs, lack of properly trained staff, lack of supplies, poor transport services, and the lack of reproductive health information provided to women of this demographic.
It is believed that due to lack of availability (and somewhat due to tradition), contraceptives are not widely used among African women.
It is estimated that 30% of all African women have access to some form of contraceptive, but that a much larger percentage would use them if they were more accessible.
This graph shows the percentages of women in each African country that have access to affordable contraceptives. There are only 6 African nations where more than 50% of women have access.
Lack of Accessibility to Proper Nutrition
Experiencing malnutrition as a child can affect delayed growth and impaired brain functions (which in turn impacts learning capacity and school performance).
It is estimated that approximately six million children struggle with severe malnutrition throughout Western and Central Africa.
Some factors that contribute to this severe degree of malnutrition include crop degradation, frequent droughts, extreme poverty, limited access to basic foods, inaccessibility to essential services, and rapid population growth of the region.
Malnutrition's "Perfect Storm" in Central Africa
This video from the World Health Organization's World Food Program shows how the number of malnourished children in one Central African hospital more than doubled between 2013 and 2014; it is estimated that the number has multiplied again since this time.
Sources
Youtube.com (World Food Programe Channel)
World Health Organization : :
United Nations
Youtube.com (Al Jazeera English Channel)
UNICEF
