Equatorial Guinea Leads Africa In Per Capita Health Investment
Improvement of public health and health infrastructure is a national priority in Equatorial Guinea.
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea and Botswana lead Africa in per capita investments in health care, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, but the gap in spending between Africa and the rest of the world is still a concern. The statistics are from the WHO's 2012 Health Financing and Health MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) Scorecard and Africa's first Multi Year Health Financing Trends Analysis.
The surveys show Equatorial Guinea's per capita annual spending at $612 and Botswana's at $442.
The survey results were presented by Rotimi Sankore to the WHO's Joint Conference of Finance and Health Ministers, which met in Tunis Ju...