Question

choose one underdeveloped country, and using resources develop a health profile of that country including:

Statistics on morbidity

Statistics on mortality

Causes of morbidity and mortality

Life span

Current programs or international aid programs working in that country

The numbers and types of health care providers in that country

Contrast with health profile of the U.S. population

Answer 1

Determinants	Ethiopia	US
Under 5 mortality rate	119 per 1,000 live births	6.53 deaths per thousand live births
Maternal Mortality ratio	720 per 100,000 live births	12.7 (deaths per 100,000 live births
Malaria Mortality rate	51 per 100,000	5 per total population
Life expectancy at birth	55	78.64
Infant mortality rate	77.12 deaths/1,000 live births	6.06 deaths/1,000 live births
Cancer deaths	142	133
Birth rate	39.12 per 1,000 people	14 per 1,000 people
Early death rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) >Males	284	80.
Maternal mortality ratio > Per 100,000 live births	470	24
Neonatal tetanus cases	62 .	0.0 .
Measles cases	1,446	30
Births attended by skill personnel	10%	99%
Nurses and midwives Per 1,000 people	0.236	9.81
Physicians	0.03 per 1,000 people	2.3 per 1,000 people
HIV AIDS Morbidity	21.86 per 1,000 people	3.27 per 1,000 people
Diseases >Tuberculosis cases	38,040	4,864
IV AIDS  Deaths	120,000	17,000
Tuberculosis cases Per 100,000	179	2.
Hospital beds Per 1,000 people	0.2	3.1
Contraception	8% .	76%

Health care agencies in Ethiopia:

USAID

Canadian international assistance

Irish Aid

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

World Bank

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

REFERENCE:

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Ethiopia/United-States/Health