Healthcare in Poor Countries - Coursework Example

Summary and Analysis As the suggests, the message of this article by (Sachs) is that foreign aid helps improve healthcare in poor countries. Anti-malaria bed nets have helped reduce infant mortality in Kenya. Aid-supported measures of malaria control have also helped reduce mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2000, AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis were three major epidemics in Africa. They were targeted by the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, and the healthcare conditions in Africa are much better now.

Landmark summits hosted by Nigeria also helped improve the healthcare status. Under the Global Fund program started in 2002, rich countries decided to reduce debt in the indebted poor countries which also helped improve the poor countries’ condition. Ways recommended by the UN Millennium Project of 2005 similarly established ways in which rich countries could help poor countries. 2005 onwards, annual aid for health in poor countries rapidly increased and so did their health status. Critics of the aid programs are causing harm to poor countries.

They are underestimating the effectiveness of aid to poor countries. The fact is that in the highly globalized environment of the present age, countries depend on each other. Poor countries depend on rich countries for assistance. Research statistics show that financial and medical aid programs are working effectively in resolving the issues of poor countries. Therefore, critics should not criticize these programs and let them be implemented effectively. This was a very informative article about the usefulness and status of aid in improving the conditions of poor countries.