Health in the Republic of the Congo

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The Republic of the Congo faces a number of ongoing health challenges. [1]

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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [2] finds that the Republic of the Congo is fulfilling 63.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. [3] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, the Republic of the Congo achieves 90.3% of what is expected based on its current income. [4] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 75.9% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [5] The Republic of the Congo falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 25.0% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available. [6]


Health infrastructure

Public expenditure health was at 8.9% of the GDP in 2004, whereas private expenditure on health related costs was at 1.3% of private income. [7] Health expenditure was at US$30 per capita in 2004. [7] There were 20 doctors per 100,000 persons in the early 2000s (decade). [7]

There were 328 medical facilities in the Republic of the Congo in 2019. [8] Hospitals include the following: [9]

Health status

Life expectancy

The 2014 CIA estimated average life expectancy in the Republic of the Congo was 58.52 years. [1]

Endemic diseases

The entire population of the Republic of the Congo is at high risk of malaria and transmission is intense all year round. [15] The annual reported number of malaria cases in 2012 was 117,640 with 623 deaths. [15]

Yellow fever is also endemic to the Congo.

HIV/AIDS

The 2013 HIV prevalence is at 3.4% among 15- to 49-year-olds. [16]

Malnutrition

A large proportion of the population is undernourished. [7]

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Communes of the Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo includes six communes, divided in urban districts (arrondissements). Two of these communes, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, are also a department:

The official language of the Republic of Congo is French. Other languages are mainly Bantu languages, and the two national languages in the country are Kituba and Lingala, followed by Kongo languages, Téké languages, and more than forty other languages, including languages spoken by Pygmies, which are not Bantu languages.

References

  1. 1 2 "The World Factbook, Republic of the Congo". CIA. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Congo (Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Congo (Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Congo (Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  6. ↑ "Congo (Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Human Development Report 2009". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-24.. undp.org
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub-Saharan Africa". World Health Organization. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Google maps data and other sources listed for each hospital
  10. 1 2 "Hospitals in Brazzaville". Allianz Worldwide Care. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hospital 31 July D'Owando". Africa Bizinfo. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Regional Military Hospital". Med Pages. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Pioneer Christian Hospital". Congo Hospital. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. ↑ "University Hospital Brazzaville". ENIA France. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  15. 1 2 "African Leaders Malaria Alliance"
  16. ↑ Country Comparison :: HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate. CIA – The World Factbook. Cia.gov. Retrieved on February 25, 2013.
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