Healthcare
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Poor infrastructure
Poor access to Health services
Shortage of Health workers
Counterfeit drugs
Poverty and Conflicts
Rapid Population growth
Current Scenario of Healthcare in the World
In 2020, the value of announced greenfield projects in the health sector declined by 39% in developing and transition economies and by 82% in least developed countries
The average domestic spending on health of lower income countries was only $34 per capita in 2018, about 4.4% of GDP, of which nearly 60% was out-of-pocket
The share of out-of-pocket spending in total health spending remained above 40% in low and lower middle-income countries
In 2018, global spending on health reached $8.3 trillion, or 10% of global GDP, and it was the first time in the past five years that health spending grew slower than GDP
In 2018, external aid for health was at $16.2 billion, which is around 0.2% of the total global spending