No fewer than 3.8 billion people worldwide lack access to essential health services.
According to a new report released yesterday by the World Bank and the World Health Organisation (WHO), each year, large number of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for healthcare service out of their own pocket, and currently, 800 million people spend at least 10 per cent of their household budgets on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or other family member.
According to the report titled, “Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report,” for almost 100 million people, these expenses are high enough to push them into extreme poverty, forcing them to survive on just $1.90 (N684.95) or less a day.
The World Bank/WHO Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring report, issued regularly, was published in the journal, Lancet Global Health and the WHO bulletin and website.
‘3.8b people lack access to essential medical services’
