Other than food security and economic success of a country, health is one of the most important factors to consider for any country’s wellbeing especially in the developing and underdeveloped countries. This is because research has shown that over 28% of a developing and underdeveloped country’s resources end up in the health services. For this reason therefore, it is important to see that health is accorded the enough amount of funds to ensure that the country is a healthy nation.
On this note therefore, it is important to note a number of things which is in fact a common characteristic among many underdeveloped and developing countries especially in third world countries such as African countries, parts of Asia, South and central America; to start with, they lack well defined disaster-management practices, and this applies even to their reaction to various diseases and epidemics’ outbreaks. For this reason therefore, the countries are not able to even control non-communicable diseases such as diabetes (Semba, et, al 54).
Secondly, another major problem that faces these low and middle income countries is the lack of funds to deal with diseases that can otherwise be easily contained with the presence of funds. These include diseases such as Malaria, Cholera and Dysentery. Lastly, there is dire need for health education in the low and middle income-earning countries since the governments do very little to enlighten the community and the citizens, and in fact most of the knowledge they have concerning basic health activities are acquired from non-governmental organizations (Smith 110).
Based on these problems therefore, a number of organizations both local and international have taken the initiative to educate the people about basic health practices. This has over time improved the situation, and in fact organizations such as the United Nations have played a major role in supplying these countries with basic needs such as mosquito nets, doctors and even medicine. Their works are most conspicuous in Africa (Osifo-Dawodu & Nah 177).
Works cited
Osifo-Dawodu, Egbe & Seung-Hee Nah. Establishing Private Health Care Facilities in Developing Countries: A Guide for Medical Entrepreneurs (WBI Development Studies). New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
Semba, Richard, Martin Bloem & Peter Piot. Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries (Nutrition and Health). New York: Humana Press, 2008. Print.
Smith, Peter. Health Care Systems in Developing and Transition Countries: The Role of Research Evidence (Global Development Network). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2010. Print.
