People in Mediterranean countries enjoy better healthcare than anywhere else
in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO has carried
out a global assessment of how well governments care for their sick, and
published it this week as part of its World Health Report.
The assessment highlights the failure of other industrialised nations,
including Germany and the US, to capitalise on the huge sums they spend on
medical treatment, and even castigates poor countries for glaring health
inequalities. “It will have a lot of political impact,” says Chris Murray, head
of health policy at the WHO.
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