Health care in Colombia refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions in the Republic of Colombia.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that Colombia is fulfilling 94.0% 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, Colombia achieves 96.3% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 91.7% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[3] Colombia falls into the "fair" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling 93.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[3]
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "Colombia- HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b c "Colombia - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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