Better health care can help increase the life expectancy of certain areas. For example, regular checkups and screenings can help identify health problems early when they are easier to treat.
Health care also helps protect the community. Vaccines, for example, help protect individuals from illness and prevent it from spreading to others. Other public health measures, such as clean water and sanitation, can help reduce the spread of disease and improve overall public health.
Regions around the world differ in the level of health care they provide, including Africa. Depending on where you find yourself, the healthcare system may be the opposite of what you’re used to.
In Africa, it seems so. Different countries on the continent provide different levels of health services and while Africa in general has struggled to develop its health sector, there are countries that have done exceptionally well in providing good health services. Below are these 7 countries according to research firm Nambio, which focuses on quality of life data.
To come up with the index, Numbeo pulled data from its 36-month old data bank to create a current index that is constantly updated. Only cities with a certain minimum number of donors are included.
Our semiannual index is recalculated twice a year, incorporating the most recent index in this historical perspective. The overall quality of the health care system, as well as the quality of its staff, doctors, equipment and other factors, is estimated by the Health Care Index.
The actual formulas used to determine the indices may vary. Currently, rather complicated empirical formulas are being applied. These calculations are done using Java programming language.
