Percent of Population Covered by UHC

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Percent of Population Covered by UHC WHO,
http//www.who.int/nha/en/
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• The inequities are striking. In developed
  countries, a course of antibiotics to cure
  pneumonia can be bought for the equivalent of 2
  or 3 hours wages. One-years treatment for HIV
  infection consumes the equivalent of four to six
  months salary. And the majority of drug costs
  are reimbursed. In developing countries, a full
  course of antibiotics to cure a common pneumonia
  may cost one months wages. In many countries
  one-years HIV treatment - if it were purchased -
  would consume 30 years income. And the majority
  of households must buy their medicines with money
  from their own pockets.
• - WHO Press Release WHA/13, 22 May 1999

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Combating the Issue

• Bulk procurement
• Price competition
• Reduction or elimination of duties and taxes

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• Environmental hazards are responsible for about a
  quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide
• As many as 13 million deaths can be prevented
  every year by making our environments healthier
• In children under the age of five, one third of
  all disease is caused by the environmental
  factors such as unsafe water and air pollution
• Environmental factors influence 85 out of the 102
  categories of diseases and injuries listed in The
  World Health Report

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of Citizens without Access to Safe Drinking
Water Source The Global Education Project
http//www.theglobaleducationproject.org
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We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis,
malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases
that plague the developing world until we have
also won the battle for safe drinking water,
sanitation and basic health care.Kofi Annan,
United Nations Secretary-General
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Womens Health Issues

• Reproductive Rights
• HIV/AIDS
• Sexual Rights
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

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Right to Health and Well-being

• Internally displaced people in Uganda

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