Science and Medicine

Health in Guatemala

Health in Guatemala is focused on many different systems of prevention and care. Guatemala's Constitution states that every citizen has the universal right to health care. However, this right has been hard to guarantee due to limited government resources and other problems regarding access. The health care system in place today developed out of the Civil War in Guatemala. The Civil War prevented social reforms from occurring, especially in the sector of health care. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Guatemala is fulfilling 81.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Guatemala achieves 94.8% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 87.3% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Guatemala falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 62.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.

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• ▸Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Catholic Church
• ▸House of Loredan
• ▸Dancing mania

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