For every 10,000 inhabitants, we have 37 doctors in Spain; in Cameroon, there isn’t even one… Did you know that an emergency cesarean section in Cameroon can cost five times the country’s minimum wage? That’s why a high percentage of the population cannot afford it. Even with symptoms, pregnant women do not go to the clinic or delay it waiting for them to be delivered, but in many cases it worsens. The result is a more complex and expensive treatment for the patient and their future baby.

This is the reality in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region where most countries have only private healthcare and families are forced to make calculations every time someone falls ill at home. These are also countries where it is not common to carry out prevention and, consequently, diagnosis often arrives too late.

You can read the full news story on ABC: https://www.abc.es/salud/mejorar-salud-africa-subsahariana-depende-20231024132100-nt.html