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Heather Cashdollar
Harry Ta
Marvin Hernandez
Thao Bui
Juan Mejia
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Background
Total population (2013) 48,321,000
Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2013) 148/73
1.HIV
2.Malaria
3.Lung Disease
4.Heart Disease
Increase awareness
Smear microscopy
Mosquito nets
diaphragm muscle that causes the suction of air and expansion of lungs
urban 1 out of 20
Financed by taxes
Two regimes:
Contributory Regime (CR): covers workers and their families with monthly
incomes above ($170)
Subsidized Regime (SR): covers those identified as being poor through a test
Health professionals and the healthcare system
As of October 1, 2014, there were 3,620 health establishments in Colombia, including hospitals, clinics
and ambulance services. Private healthcare establishments account for 57% of all establishments
within the country. While no single city or state stands out as being a centralized hub for hospitals, 80%
of establishments are found within 16 (of 39 states).
The health professionals had little or no participation in the development of the reform to the healthcare
system. So, basic principles such as cost-benefit, healthcare quality, and implications in the
professional health practice were misjudged. The reform of the health system restricted severely the
opportunity of the health professionals to hire their services privately, phenomenon that caused a heavy
loss of income for the average health practice.
Health system
Pros: Everyone has access, even the poor; affordable;
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4. Wells, M. (2011, December 1). HIV/AIDS falls worldwide, rises in Colombia. Retrieved November 12, 2015,
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6. http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/country-health-profile/colombia
7. Larsen, B., and Skjelvik, J.M. 2014. Environmental health in Colombia: An economic assessment of health
effects and their costs. Prepared for the World Bank. Washington, D.C., USA.
8. http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/colombia-perspective-air-pollution
9. World Health Organization ( 2014, December) Retrieved Nov 13, 2015. http:www.who.int/en