Analysis shows that children living in the countries located in the last 20 places on the list – where there is little more than two workers for every 1,000 people – are five times more likely to die than those inhabiting the Nations who are in the first positions.
The study also highlights the problem of countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, where millions of children’s lives are at risk due to lack of personnel trained.
Justin Forsyth, Executive President of Save the Children, said that the findings are disturbing. “The survival of a child depends on where he was born in the world.” “No mother should have be unable to do anything how his son grow sick and die simply because no one trained to help,” said Forsyth in a communiqué.
“The world’s leaders must combat the shortage of trained medical personnel and realize that not investing in health care workers will cost lives,” added. The index measures how many medical workers there are, in addition to their scope and impact.
Also evaluated the proportion of children receiving vaccines regularly and mothers who have access to emergency during childbirth.
The analysis revealed that children living in remote areas are less likely to see a health worker. In Ethiopia, for example, slightly less than 70 percent of women indicates that the nearest clinic is too far, while in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Niger, more than half of the total number of women surveyed indicated that the health center is too distant to reach him.
The index was published with a view to a meeting of high-ranking United Nations to be held on 19 and 20 September in New York to outline a comprehensive plan of action against chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and disorders lung.
Save the Children urged leaders to focus their efforts on overcoming the shortage of more than 3.5 million doctors, nurses, midwives and health workers community.
“Without them no vaccine can be administered, no drug can be prescribed and no woman can receive care experienced during his birth.” “Diseases like pneumonia and diarrhoea, which are easily treatable, become lethal”, noted the entity.
20 Countries located in the worst places and 20 in the best location in the ranking, son:
* Worst 20: Madagascar 142, Bangladesh 143, Sierra Leone 144, Uganda 145, Liberia 146, Afghanistan 147, 148 Guinea-Bissau, Papua New Guinea 149, Yemen 150, Nepal 151, Guinea 152, Niger 153, 154 East Timor, Equatorial Guinea 155, 156 Central African Republic, Nigeria 157, Ethiopia 158, Laos 159, Somalia 160 and Chad 161.
* Best 20: Switzerland 1, 2 Finland, 3 Ireland, 4 Norway, 5 Belarus, 6 Denmark, 7 Sweden, 8 Cuba, 9 Uzbekistan, 10 Germany, 11 Russian Federation, 12 France, Czech Republic 13, United Kingdom 14, United States 15, Kazakhstan 16, Australia 17, New Zealand 18, 19 Lithuania and Qatar 20.
