Sick and SufferingBy: Aditi Bahali and Leah Kracke

Introduction The World Health Organization(WHO) “Every State has ratified at least one international human rights treaty recognizing the right to health.”

(“The Right To Health, Factsheet 31, p.1, OHCHR and WHO, undated”)

Health Care In The U.S. Wealthy nations provide universal

health care. The US has not seen health as a human

right, but as a privilege.

Universal Health Care Map

Foreign Countries Reasons health provision is challenging

Developing countries strive to provide universal health care.

Poverty is a major problem

How Far Will They Go One billion people lack access A case of a woman in Bududua,

Uganda

We All Suffer The Same Pain

Those Who Have The Power To Help, Don’t.

2000 children per day in Africa die Trachoma: easily preventable Medication errors

Citations Shah, Anup. “Diseases—Ignored Global Killers.”

Global Issues. 02 Oct. 2010. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/218/diseases-ignored-global-killers>.

Shah, Anup. “Health Care Around the World.” Global Issues. 22 Sep. 2011. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/774/health-care-around-the-world>.