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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that São Tomé and Príncipe is fulfilling 80.4% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, São Tomé and Príncipe achieves 96.0% of what is expected based on its current income.[2] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 91.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[2] São Tomé and Príncipe falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 53.8% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[2]
There was a resurgence of malaria in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2010, but the exact cause is unknown.[3] Female life expectancy at birth was 65.1 years in between 2005 and 2010, and male life expectancy at 62.8 for the same time period.[4] Healthy life expectancy at birth was at 64.7 years in 2011.[5]
According to WHO, São Tomé and Príncipe is also home to the largest documented amount of iron-deficiency anemia amongst any country's population.[6]
Healthcareedit
A Cuban medical team of ten doctors, nurses and other health workers is working on the main island, with occasional visits to Príncipe.[7]
In 2019, there were 50 medical facilities in São Tomé and Principe, including six Centro de Saúde, 29 Posto de Saúde, 13 Postos de Saúde Comunitária, and two hospitals.[9]
Manuel Quaresma Dias da Graça Hospital - Santo António
Referencesedit
^"Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ abcd"Sao Tome and Principe - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^World Malaria Report 2010(PDF). 2010. pp. 42, 111–113. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
^"World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision". Retrieved March 25, 2012.
^Sao Tome and Principe: Human Development Indicator 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine. hdrstats.undp.org
^. Santomense Ministério dos Negocios Estrangeiros, Cooperação e Comunidades on international cooperation
^"World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance – Google Public Data Explorer". Retrieved March 25, 2012.
^. World Health Organization. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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