According to recent research carried out, there are two thirds of the worlds population living without access to safe surgery, this number is more than double what previous estimates were. The study conducted by The Lancet, estimates that 93% of people living in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to basic surgery. The expense of healthcare in these regions is so great that it is pushing more people into poverty because what they need is so expensive and this leaves them with little or no money left once treatment is completed.
The study suggests that there needs to be more global investment, of $420 billion in order to start to help solve the problem. Several doctors from the UK and USA have said that many people have given up on hospitals in the regions because they will not get the healthcare they need.
In Sierra Leone there are 0.1 specialists available per 100,000 people where as in the UK/USA there are 35 specialists available per 100,000 people, which is still considered a shortfall.
Nicole Meechan
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32452249
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