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Health-Care Capabilities

Boundary representation isnot necessarily authoritative.

Source: National Center for Medical Intelligence.

Countries with modern health-care infrastructure,providing high-quality care to most of the population.

Pharmaceutical availability and production capability are excellent.

These high-income economies have more thansufficient budgetary resources.

Health care and public health education are a high national priority.

Countries with developed health--care infrastructure,with quality care available to a large percentage ofthe population.

Pharmaceuticals usually are available; productioncapability is adequate.

Upper-middle-income economies, with sufficient budgetary resources to meet the needs of the population.

Health care is a high national priority.

Countries with developed health-care infrastructure.Medical care generally is available, but relatively large sectors of the population lack adequate care. Tertiarycare generally is available, at least in major urban areas; primary health care exists but is underdeveloped.

Pharmaceutical availability is good in urban areas; minimally available in rural areas. Production capabilitiesare generally limited but may be under rapid development.

Lower-middle-income economies; budgetary resources generally are available but often are not efficiently used.

Health care is of national importance but may be overshadowed by other pressing demands (i.e., political instability, conflict).

Countries with less developed health-care infrastructure.Medical care is unavailable to large sectors of the population. Tertiary care is minimally available; primary and secondary health care is rudimentary.

Pharmaceutical availablity generally is restricted to urban areas, but production capabilities are limited.

Lower-income economies; significant support provided by outside assistance.

Health care is a low national priority.

Countries with least developed health-care infrastructure.Medical care generally is unavailable or much of thepopulation is poorly served. Primary, secondary, and tertiary health care availabliity depends on humanitarian organizations.

Pharmaceutical availability depends on humanitarianorganizations.

Health expenditures depend on outside assistance; lowest income economies.

Health care is not a national priority.

Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsuitable

UnitedKingdomUnited

KingdomUnited

Kingdom

FranceFranceFrance

GermanyGermanyGermany

AustriaAustriaAustria

BelgiumBelgiumBelgium

EstoniaEstonia

Hungary

IrelandIrelandIreland

ItalyItalyItaly

Lithuania

Switz.Switz.Switz.

AlbaniaAlbania

Mace.Mace.Kos.Kos.

NetherlandsNetherlands

NorwayNorwayNorway

CzechRepublic

SerbiaSloveniaSlovenia

Bos. &Her.

SlovakiaSlovakia

SpainSpainSpain

SwedenSwedenSweden

CroatiaCroatia

DenmarkDenmarkDenmark

Lux.Lux.Lux.

Mont.Mont.

Malta

Poland

Rus.

Latvia

AndorraAndorraAndorra MonacoMonacoMonaco

San Marino

San Marino

San Marino

Guyana

Trinidadand

Tobago

GrenadaBarbados

St. LuciaSt. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Kitts and Nevis

Jamaica

Colombia

Venezuela

Cuba

Panama

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Dominica

Antigua andBarbuda

Brazil

Netherlands Antilles (Neth.)Netherlands

Antilles (Neth.)

Guadeloupe (France)

Martinique (France)

Suriname

The Bahamas

French Guiana(France)

Afg.

Djibouti

Egypt

Sudan

Ethiopia

Eritrea Yemen

Oman

U.A.E.

Iraq

Jordan

SaudiArabia

Qatar

Bahrain

Kuwait

SyriaLebanon

Israel

Cyprus

Iran

TurkmenistanAzerbaijanArmenia

Turkey

Pal. Auth.

Uganda

Rwanda

Sudan

Malaysia Singapore

Timor-Leste

Maldives

Laos

Thailand

Burma

Tanzania

KenyaCosta Rica

Guatemala

Nicaragua

I n d o n e s i a

Zambia

Coted’Ivoire

Senegal The Gambia

Gabon

Guinea Sierra Leone

Angola

Niger

Nigeria

Liberia

Papua NewGuinea

Japan

Peru

Paraguay

ArgentinaChileChile

Mexico

Algeria

Tunisia

Malawi

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Lesotho

Swaziland

Dem.Rep.

of theCongo

GreeceGreeceGreece

Ghana

Chad

Benin

Togo

Sao Tome& Prin.

BurkinaFaso

Burundi

CanadaCanadaCanada

United States

Belize

Philippines

A u s t r a l i aA u s t r a l i aA u s t r a l i a

NewZealand

Madagascar

SouthAfrica

Botswana

CameroonEqua.Gui.

Ethiopia

Somalia

Cen. Afr.Rep.

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka Brunei

Cambodia

Vietnam

BhutanNepal

North Korea

South Korea

Bulgaria

Ukraine

UzbekistanGeorgia

Comoros

Seychelles

Mauritius

Rep. ofthe Congo

The Bahamas

SolomonIslands

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Nauru

Fiji TongaVanuatu

Palau

Samoa

Ecuador

Iceland

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan

Mali

MarshallIslands

Federated Statesof Micronesia

Moldova

Romania

Belarus

Finland

Morocco

PortugalPortugal

Uruguay

Mauritania

Guinea-Bissau

Brazil

Bolivia

El Salvador Honduras Suriname

Russia

China

Mongolia

India

Libya

Kazakhstan

Namibia

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Western Sahara

French Polynesia (France)

Taiwan

New Caledonia (France)