The Pros And Cons Of Underdeveloped Congo

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There are many countries that are underdeveloped Congo which is the largest country in Africa and comes in 2nd as one of the most underdeveloped countries. Infectious Disease is defined as diseases that are our contracted through several ways such as air droplets, blood, mucus, etc. Infectious diseases are commonly on the rise depending on what type of disease it is. Many underdeveloped counties are unaware of infectious diseases are and unware that one many be carrying and can be contracted to another human. Congo healthcare is extremely poor; over the years their health care fell apart and failed living facilities poorly equipped and understaff of medical professionals, there are no wages available from the government to pay the health care …show more content…

98 of those people are healthy and never go to the doctor the other 2 people have cancer and continuously meet the out of pocket expense each year on the plan and the Heath care insurance carrier is paying several thousands of dollars, in order for the insurance company to make any profit, when it’s time to renew this group coverage with the employer the logical thing the insurance company is going to do is raise the premiums, therefore not just the 2 people will have an increase in premiums but all 100 …show more content…

The reason I say this, is that no matter underdeveloped countries will play a factor globally in one way or the other, such as the impact of other countries having to support them. Depending geographically some areas may be affected differently, it may be worse than other areas, vs versa. Diseases will always result with proceeding with caution regarding how it affects the global health market. It’s expensive to treat disease and sometimes worse when resulting in death, which results on a burden to the other countries that have tried to help increase the effectiveness of their health system or improve their environmental issues and lack of health professionals. WHO (World Health Organization) has tried to several ways such improving their technology, suppling medications, equipment, and supporting clean up services, etc.. WHO thrives to provide as much medical attention and vaccines in order to protect this country, the WHO is successful in providing aid to many countries as much as possible to improve health care systems. They recently partnered with Germany in efforts to provide

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