When Health fails: A Report from Russia

When Health fails : A Report from Russia

Introduction

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the health status in Russia has dramatically declined . Oil rich and the recent growth of GPD couldn 't exert positive influence

This essay provides some data regarding the health of Russian people tracking the recent changes

Health care in Russia within the recent two decades

World Health Organization recommends spending at least 5 of government spending to healthcare . According to data of Allianz Worldwide Care , in the 1960s the spending on healthcare in the Soviet

Union was approximately 7 of GDP , and after the break-up in 1991 it was reduced to approximately 3 (AWC , 2010 . The consequences of the financing reduction include the fall of life expectancy with the wide gender gap , the growth of infant mortality , the fall in drugs availability and the fastest growing HIV /AIDS epidemics in the world The situation was worsened due to decentralization of health care system in post-Soviet Russia and the fall of special health services for governmental employees

Average life expectancy in Russia within the last decade has fallen from 70 years to 65 meanwhile the gender gap reaches 13 years (60 .4 men 74 .1 women . It is the widest gender gap in life expectance in the world . In the global rate of life expectancy by UN for 2005-2010 Russia takes the 137th place from 195

The rate of infant mortality is also worse than in t most industrialized countries . In 2006 it was recorded...