WB: Pandemic will worsen other health indicators, Albania one of the most endangered
The World Bank announces that the Covid-19 pandemic will cause a deterioration in key health indicators.
The pandemic pressure on the health system and the accumulation of delays in treating other diseases will worsen key global health indicators, increasing child and maternal mortality rates, immunization rates, tuberculosis incidence, and HIV prevalence.
Negative impacts will have on countries that have a low number of doctors and nurses per capita and those with a lack of medical logistics. According to the Bank Albania (see chart attached) ranks in the group of high middle income countries alongside African countries for the low number of medical staff per capita. Albania has 4.9 doctors and nurses per capita. This figure is very low compared to other countries on the continent where we belong.
According to the Bank, the number of medical staff and the cost of services are essential to minimize health risks. The pandemic showed that even high-income and developed health countries found themselves collapsing to cope with patient influxes.
Over the past three decades, the global mortality rate under the age of five has dropped by about 60 percent. But the pandemic could worsen this indicator.
The rapid spread of a new virus has put severe pressure on health systems in many countries, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses in health care, including high-income countries.
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WB: Pandemic will worsen other health indicators, Albania one of the most endangered
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The World Bank announces that the Covid-19 pandemic will cause a deterioration in key health indicators.
The pandemic pressure on the health system and the accumulation of delays in treating other diseases will worsen key global health indicators, increasing child and maternal mortality rates, immunization rates, tuberculosis incidence, and HIV prevalence.
Negative impacts will have on countries that have a low number of doctors and nurses per capita and those with a lack of medical logistics. According to the Bank Albania (see chart attached) ranks in the group of high middle income countries alongside African countries for the low number of medical staff per capita. Albania has 4.9 doctors and nurses per capita. This figure is very low compared to other countries on the continent where we belong.
According to the Bank, the number of medical staff and the cost of services are essential to minimize health risks. The pandemic showed that even high-income and developed health countries found themselves collapsing to cope with patient influxes.
Over the past three decades, the global mortality rate under the age of five has dropped by about 60 percent. But the pandemic could worsen this indicator.
The rapid spread of a new virus has put severe pressure on health systems in many countries, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses in health care, including high-income countries.
The latest estimates for 2015 show that 90 million people have been pushed into extreme poverty (i.e., below the international poverty line of $ 1.90 per day) due to health expenditures. While a recent WHO study has verified that 8 percent of households in Albania have fallen into poverty due to high health payments.
In 2019 a new virus began to spread worldwide, with major consequences for human health and the global economy. By the end of October 2020, more than 46 million cases of COVID-19 had been recorded globally with 1.2 million lives lost. Epidemiological studies suggest that this may be an understatement. The pandemic has brought increased attention to zoonotic events (transmission of diseases from animals to humans), the risk of new disease emergence, and the need to adequately prepare for global health emergencies.
Pathogens originating from wild or domestic animals – including anthrax, brucellosis, rabies, Q fever, type A flu, and Rift Valley fever – cause more than 60 percent of infectious diseases in humans. About 75 percent of emerging new infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and the original onset of HIV, are of animal origin.
Researchers expect that the transmission of the disease from animals to humans will continue and that no geographical area is risk-free. While countries around the tropics seem particularly vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases, densely populated countries are also at high risk./B.Hoxha/monitor/