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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
Recent estimates by the World Health Organization state that over 1 billion people in the world need rehabilitation services, 80% being from low and middle income countries.  Where there is poverty, there is disability, and vice versa as they are inherently linked.<ref>Bright T, Wallace S, Kuper H. [https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/10/2165 A systematic review of access to rehabilitation for people with disabilities in low-and middle-income countries]. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018 Oct;15(10):2165.</ref>   Compounding the challenge of poverty in these settings is malnutrition, non potable water, unsanitary conditions and inadequate shelter.<ref>Orach D, Garimoi C. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877288/ Health equity: challenges in low income countries.] African health sciences. 2009 Oct 1;9(s2):S49-51.


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</ref>  In addition, receiving rehabilitation services within these low resource settings can prove to be particularly challenging  due to political uncertainty, poverty, corruption, volatile security, lack of professional healthcare training, dysfunctional and/or overwhelmed health system and insufficient roads to access services.<ref>Barth CA. [https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330122/PMC6883268.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Meeting the needs of people with physical disabilities in crisis settings.] Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2019 Dec 1;97(12):790.</ref>
 
== Health Inequalities ==
Health Ineqaulities
 
Poor people living in low income settings tend to be the least healthy and benefit the most from healthcare.  Social factors such as education, income level, gender, ethnicity, place of residence and employment status have a direct correlation on the rate of illness with lower income countries have a higher burden<ref>https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes</ref>.
 
Health inequalities table


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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Recent estimates by the World Health Organization state that over 1 billion people in the world need rehabilitation services, 80% being from low and middle income countries.  Where there is poverty, there is disability, and vice versa as they are inherently linked.[1]   Compounding the challenge of poverty in these settings is malnutrition, non potable water, unsanitary conditions and inadequate shelter.[2] In addition, receiving rehabilitation services within these low resource settings can prove to be particularly challenging  due to political uncertainty, poverty, corruption, volatile security, lack of professional healthcare training, dysfunctional and/or overwhelmed health system and insufficient roads to access services.[3]

Health Inequalities[edit | edit source]

Health Ineqaulities

Poor people living in low income settings tend to be the least healthy and benefit the most from healthcare.  Social factors such as education, income level, gender, ethnicity, place of residence and employment status have a direct correlation on the rate of illness with lower income countries have a higher burden[4].

Health inequalities table

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  1. Bright T, Wallace S, Kuper H. A systematic review of access to rehabilitation for people with disabilities in low-and middle-income countries. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018 Oct;15(10):2165.
  2. Orach D, Garimoi C. Health equity: challenges in low income countries. African health sciences. 2009 Oct 1;9(s2):S49-51.
  3. Barth CA. Meeting the needs of people with physical disabilities in crisis settings. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2019 Dec 1;97(12):790.
  4. https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes