Health care is a topic that has plagued many countries- MDCs and LDCs alike. Ethiopia, a country with one of the world's poorest health care systems, has sought to improve their situation; however, the health care system in that country is still deemed wholly inadequate.There are a number of problems that are linked to the inadequacy of health care in Ethiopia, some being the "brain drain" of Ethiopian medical practitioners and assistants out of the country, inaccessability to hospitals and medicine, communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and unsafe traditional practices within Ethiopian culture. Infant mortality rates are relatively very high, with a nationwide average of 77 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in the last five years.
Also, the low availability of health care professionals with modern medical training, together with lack of funds for medical services, leads to the use of less reliable traditional healers that use home-based therapies to heal common ailments which are unreliable.This has created a large problem. Ethiopia has no health care.
In order to help create a better environment for Ethiopians in desperate need of medical assistance, Ethiopia has taken strides towards a better health care system. Western medicine came to Ethiopia during the last quarter of the nineteenth century with the arrival of missionary doctors, nurses, and midwives. Also, a number of countries were generous in helping Ethiopia meet its health care needs. Cuba, the
Soviet Union, and a number of East European countries provided medical assistance. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology & Public Health recently traveled to Ethiopia to award healthcare managers and workers with a Yale certificate for completing a year-long program that featured extensive training and practice in various areas of hospital and healthcare management.With the help of other countries, Ethiopia can have a health care system that every citizen deserves. Because religious groups in Ethiopia are not educated in proper health practices, they may not be able to do much when it comes to the health care system. Religious missionaries from other countries, though, can be sent to help donate items as well as help teach proper hygiene and other medical necessities.
It is important that globalization and religion positively influence Ethiopia's situation, because every human being deserves to be taken care of.
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