Health in Algeria
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Algeria is the largest country in Africa and is estimated to have a population of around 46,278,751 people. Algeria has a public health care system, which is accessible and free of charge to all citizens of Algeria. The public health care system is financed by the government of Algeria. Given Algeria's young population, policy favors preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an intensive immunization programme and a policy which allows Algerian citizens health care for Hospitalisations, medicines and outpatient care free to all citizens of Algeria.
Algeria became a member of the World Health Organization on November 8, 1962.
Algeria is facing an exodus of its qualified doctors to Europe, particularly France.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Algeria is fulfilling 83.8% 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, Algeria achieves 93.7% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 95.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.
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