Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo (orthographic projection)

Health problems have been a long-standing issue limiting development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo).

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fulfilling 73.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, the Democratic Republic of the Congo achieves 96.6% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 100.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [4] The Democratic Republic of the Congo falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 22.8% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[5]

  1. ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.) - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.