Health in Algeria 4497849 214006350 2008-05-21T19:01:28Z Belovedfreak 2684294 removing parent category '''Health in Algeria''', according to information from a [[March 6]], [[2006]] [[United States]] report, does not compare well with the developed world. [[Algeria]] has inadequate numbers of physicians (one per 1,000 people) and hospital beds (2.1 per 1,000 people) and poor access to water (87 percent of the population) and [[sanitation]] (92 percent of the population). Given Algeria’s young population, policy favors preventive [[health care]] and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an [[immunization]] program. However, poor sanitation and unclean water still cause [[tuberculosis]], [[hepatitis]], [[measles]], [[typhoid fever]], [[cholera]], and [[dysentery]]. In 2003 about 0.10 percent of the population aged 15–49 was living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome ([[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]). The poor generally receive health care free of charge, but the wealthy pay for care according to a sliding scale. Access to health care is enhanced by the requirement that doctors and dentists work in [[public health]] for at least five years. However, doctors are more easily found in the cities of the north than in the southern [[Sahara]] region. {{Africa in topic|Health in}} [[Category:Health in Algeria| ]] * {{loc}}- [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Algeria.pdf Algeria]