| Rapport de l'OCI sur la santé 2011 | |
| Date : | 05 Octobre 2011 |
Although progress toward achieving universal health coverage has remained highly uneven across OIC Member States, the averages of key health indicators in OIC Member States, as a group, still lag behind the global average and the averages maintained by developing countries. The health care system in many OIC Member States continues to suffer from various problems and challenges related to ensuring sufficient financial resources, health regulation, infrastructure, and staffing levels. The OIC Health Report 2011 provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of health and healthcare coverage in OIC Member States. It offers a detailed analysis of trends in key health indicators across OIC Member States, at the OIC Group level on average, as well as at the individual country and OIC subregional levels. The report also highlights specific health-related issues in these countries, such as health expenditure, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the health sector ("e-health"), and OIC cooperation efforts and initiatives in the health field. The report concludes in its final section with a set of general policy recommendations related, in particular, to health financing, the training of health personnel, improving health service infrastructure, health reforms, and compliance with international health regulations. Online Electronic Version OIC Health Report 2011 ( English ) |
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The issue of health and the development of modern and sustainable health systems have recently gained greater importance and attention in many developing countries as a key driver of socioeconomic progress, with more resources being invested in this sector than ever before. Today, people are healthier, better able to live, and live longer than they did 30 years ago. However, while progress in the health sector over the years has remained largely concentrated in developed countries, several developing and less developed countries still lag significantly behind. This is particularly true in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where health care coverage and services remain significantly inadequate in many countries, including most OIC Member States in these regions.