Health in Algeria

Algeria is the largest country in Africa and is estimated to have a population of around 46,278,751 people. Algeria has a public health care system, which is accessible and free of charge to all citizens of Algeria.^[1] The public health care system is financed by the government of Algeria.^[2] Given Algeria's young population, policy favors preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an intensive immunization programme and a policy which allows Algerian citizens health care for Hospitalisations, medicines and outpatient care free to all citizens of Algeria.

Algeria became a member of the World Health Organization on November 8, 1962.^[3]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[4] finds that Algeria is fulfilling 83.8% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.^[5] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Algeria achieves 93.7% of what is expected based on its current income.^[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 95.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.^[5] Algeria falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 62.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.^[5]