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TOPIC 26 HEALTH
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TOPIC 26 HEALTH
CARE
Health care and health insurance options have changed dramatically at the beginning of 2014 when the government allowed legal residents to join the country’s Social Security (IESS) health care program for a monthly fee.
HEALTH CARE IN ECUADOR
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A 2014 Bloomberg survey of the overall efficiency of healthcare, which takes into account both cost
and quality, Ecuador is ranked 20th in the world.
New public hospitals and clinics have been built while existing facilities have been renovated.
updated. High-tech diagnostic and treatment equipment, previously unavailable even in private hospitals, it has been bought, and a large number of doctors, Some specialists from Spain and Cuba have been hired.
PRIVATE HEALTH
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Private doctors are well-trained, many of them educated in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in Argentina, Chile and Cuba, known for having the best med schools in Latin America.
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MAJOR DISEASES
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever. Hepatitis A and
typhoid fever are the most common diseases transmitted through food and water.
Vector borne diseases: are diseases transmitted by insects, especially mosquitoes.
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Communicable Diseases: Many common diseases in Ecuador are communicable diseases. The World Health Organization reports that 18 percent of all 81,000 deaths in 2016 resulted from communicable diseases and nutritional conditions.
Non communicable Diseases: cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease also negatively affect Ecuador’s population.
Nutrition: Indeed, nutrition or rather, lack thereof, is another one of Ecuador’s major health issues and is often a root cause of many common diseases in
Ecuador.
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