Health
The precise health issues that each of the partner countries face do coincide but in general what is of the greatest concern varies from country to country.
Of particular concern in Germany at the moment is the increased privatisation of hospitals and the expansion of private sickness insurance, whereas in South Africa the most pressing health issue is HIV and AIDS.
Two of Nicaragua's greatest health concerns relate to transnational pharmaceutical companies. These companies are selling their brands in local pharmacies at too high a price for most to afford, and threaten 'biopiracy' whereby traditional herbal remedies in the area are under threat from patenting by large pharmaceutical companies.
By the year 2015 all 191 United Nations member states have pledged to:
Public health expenditure in partner countries in 1998
Number of physicians per 100,000 of the population in partner countries 1990-1999
Measles and tuberculosis immunisation in the partner countries in 1999
*data not available
Source: United Nations Human Development Reports 2002
Of particular concern in Germany at the moment is the increased privatisation of hospitals and the expansion of private sickness insurance, whereas in South Africa the most pressing health issue is HIV and AIDS.
Two of Nicaragua's greatest health concerns relate to transnational pharmaceutical companies. These companies are selling their brands in local pharmacies at too high a price for most to afford, and threaten 'biopiracy' whereby traditional herbal remedies in the area are under threat from patenting by large pharmaceutical companies.
By the year 2015 all 191 United Nations member states have pledged to:
- Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five
- Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio
- Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV / AIDS
- Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases » UN
| United Kingdom | Nicaragua | Senegal | South Africa | France | Germany | ||
| Life expectancy | 1970-1975 | 72.0 | 55.1 | 41.8 | 53.7 | 72.4 | 71.0 |
| 1995-2000 | 77.2 | 67.7 | 52.3 | 56.7 | 78.1 | 77.3 | |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births) in 2000 | 6 | 37 | 80 | 55 | 4 | 5 | |
Public health expenditure in partner countries in 1998
| United Kingdom | Nicaragua | Senegal | South Africa | France | Germany | |
| Public health expenditure as a % of GDP | 5.8 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
| Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$) | 1,675 | 54 | 23 | 230 | 2288 | 2697 |
Number of physicians per 100,000 of the population in partner countries 1990-1999
| United Kingdom | Nicaragua | Senegal | South Africa | France | Germany | |
| Physicians per 100,000 of population | 164 | 86 | 8 | 56 | 303 | 350 |
Measles and tuberculosis immunisation in the partner countries in 1999
| United Kingdom | Nicaragua | Senegal | South Africa | France | Germany | |
| Percentage of one year olds fully immunised against measles | 91 | 99 | 90 | 97 | * | 75 |
| Percentage of one year olds fully immunised against tuberculosis | * | 99 | 60 | 82 | 84 | * |