Welcome To The Wonderful

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• Welcome To The Wonderful
• World Of
• Cyprus

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Introduction

• Importance of studying International Health?
• To understand other countrys Health Care System
  other than the US make comparisons
• Find solutions for health problems issues
  around the world.
• Country of Study C Y P R U S
• Why?
• Small country with a high potential of growing.
• A unique country due to political circumstances.

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• Background
• General Description
• Demographic Characteristics
• Cultural Beliefs

• Health Status
• Public Health Technology
• Governments Role in Health Care
• Economic Status

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General Description

• Climate
• Temperate Mediterranean with Hot, Dry Summers
  
• Cool Wet Winters
• About 300 sunny days each year
• With close to perfect climate, the island is an
  
• acclaimed tourist resort
• Terrain
• Central plain with mountains to North South
• Plains, beaches mountains engulf the island.

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• Location
• Independent island in the Eastern Mediterranean
  Sea
• 60 miles West of Syria
• 40 miles West of Turkey
• 250 miles South of Egypt
• Environment
• Moderate earthquake activity
• Water resource problems
• No natural reservoir catchments
• Seasonal disparity in rainfall

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A Tourist Resort
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Demographic Characteristics(Statistics From 1998)

• Population
• Total
• 760,891
• Density
• 77.5 per sq. km
• Distribution
• Urban 62.0
• Rural 38.0

• Birth Rate
• 15 births per 1000
• Death Rate
• 7 deaths per 1000
• Fertility Rate
• 2.19 children born/woman

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Total Population of 1988
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Total Population of 1997
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Graphical Analysis
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Cultural Beliefs

• Religions
• Greek Orthodox Pop.
• Greek Area 99.5
• Turkish Area 0.5
• Muslim Pop.
• Greek Area 1.3
• Turkish Area 98.7
• Others Maronite, Armenian Apostolic
• Greek Area 99.2
• Turkish Area 0.8
• Education
• Literate by age 15 94
• Male 98.0
• Female 91.0

Ethnic Divisions Greek 78.0 Muslim
18.0 Other 4.0
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Health Status(Statistics From 1998)

• Infant Mortality 8 per 1000
• Life Expectancy at Birth 76.8 years
• Male 73.8 years
• Female 78.3 years
• Total Fertility Rate 2.1 per woman
• Growth Rate 1.1

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Public Health Technology

• Housing
• Sanitation(1990)
• Rural 100 Urban 96
• Workplace
• Transportation
• No railways, but do have highways, ports
  harbors and a total of 15 airports.
• Health Care System
• 4.5 of GNP
• Nearly a 97 Access
• Vaccination for DPT3, Measles, Polio 3, Tetanus 2

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Governments Role in Health Care

• Government Structure Republic (Independence 1st
  Oct.)
• Capital Nicosia, Turkish Lefkosa(Nicosia)
• Political Parties Leaders
• Greek Cypriot
• Turkish Cypriot
• Initiated Healthy Cities Program in
• Paphos, Aglanjia, Strovolos, Polis and Latsia.
• Restrictive Control on
• Illicit trading of heroin, hashish cocaine
• Sex, Drug and Theft Offences

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Economic Status

• Status Developed, Exchange Rate1 Cypriot pd
  2.30
• Full Member of European Union
• National Purchasing Power 6.3 billion
  (1992)
• Unemployment Rate North 3.6(1996)
• South 2.3(1996)
• Resources for Improving the Nations Health
• Primary Health Care Treatment
• WHO - Healthy Cities Program
• Selected to designate a person for the
  Executive Board
• of the WHO
• According to the Human Development Report 1997
• HDI Rank 24 with Human Development Index 0.907

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Summary

• Great place to have a vacation
• Diversity Friendliness - a common attribute
• Life Expectancy is similar to the US
• One of the few that has close to a 100 access to
  the Health Care System
• Government plays a powerful role in implementing
  the Health Care System

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References

• United Nations Development Program Human
  Development Report 1997
• http//www.undp.org/undp/hdro/index.htm
• World Health Organization
• http//www.who.org
• US Census Bureau
• http//www.census.gov/
• http//www.census.gov/ipc/www/
• The Cyprus Government
• http//www.pio.gov.cy/
• International Database
• http//www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
• Tradeport
• http//www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/cyprus/
• Cyprus Health Statistics Profile
• http//www.kypros.org/Cyprus/health.html

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