Expenditures

Special issue on global health disparities focus on cancer

“…In the1990s, 89% of the annual world expenditure on healthcare was spent on 16% of the world's population who bear 7% of the global burden of disease. [7] The WHO reports that sub-Saharan Africa, with 11% of the world's population and 25% of the global burden of disease, accounts for <1% of global health expenditure while the Americas, with 14% of the worlds’ population and 10% of the global burden of disease, account for more than 50% of the global health expenditure. [8] According to a recent International Financial Cooperation report,[9] sub-Saharan African has 11% of the world's population but carries 24% of the global burden of diseases with <1% of global health expenditure and only 3% of the world's health workers.…”

“…In developing countries, the major barriers to the prevention and treatment of cancer are the high cost, inadequate knowledge about and negative attitudes toward the disease, and a lack of the technical and public health infrastructure to support cancer screening and treatment. [23789101112] The conclusions drawn in this special issue are to increase access to cancer-preventable vaccinations and treatments, promote public health education, and lower the cost by creating ways as HIV treatment which was made widely available throughout the world so that most people have access to it. There is also the need to train more nurses involved in cancer management to meet the needs of developing countries.…”