Health care in Colombia refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions in the Republic of Colombia.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that Colombia is fulfilling 94.0% 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, Colombia achieves 96.3% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 91.7% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[3] Colombia falls into the "fair" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling 93.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[3] The country is in 11th position among 200 countries when measuring the effectiveness of its health system.[4]
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "Colombia- HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b c "Colombia - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "Right to health". Human Rights Tracker. Retrieved 2024-07-16.