Colombia currently has a population of 46,736,728 people (30th in the world), composed of 84.2% white, 10.4 % Afro-Colombian, and 3.4% Amerindian. Additionally, Colombia’s population growth rate is 1.04%, with an infant mortality rate <1% and an average life expectancy of 75.48 years. Colombia now boasts a growing economy (with a GDP growth of more than 4% per year for the past four years) comprised of coal (fourth largest exporter in the world) and oil (fourth largest oil producer in Latin America); however, Colombia faces economic challenges rooted in the nations infrastructure inequality, poverty (32% below the poverty line), drug trafficking, and instability. Colombia also produces agricultural products such as coffee (third largest producer in the world), bananas, rice, tabacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, etc. Additionally, Colombia also plays a role in the textile industry, food processing, clothing and footwear, gold, and…
To me I feel like Colombia would be a fun place to visit but you must be prepared for the dangers that lie there. There are also ongoing conflicts between government army units and guerrilla armies. Both guerrilla armies and drug traffickers often resort to kidnapping in order to obtain ransom money. For me personally I would not like to live there do to the dangers. The things I like the most about my country are the fantastic wildlife features my country…
As a nation, Honduras has to support a population of a little over 8 million people. As a country, it is placed a little south of Mexico and north west of El Salvador, and is relatively small, with around 112,492km counting for its total area (CIA). For its culture, Honduras, like most other states in the Americas, hosts mix of many cultures, some from native Americans and others from immigration. With this sizable population, it is an understatement to say that Honduras has a tough burden when it comes to health care. Specifically, the Honduran government has to provide the necessary food, medication and education that each Honduran needs in order to live well.…
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, covering an area the size of Louisiana. It is divided into three regions: Pacific, Caribbean, and Central. These regions are further subdivided into 17 political and administrative departments. There is one Local Comprehensive Health Care System in each of these 17 regions. Fifteen of them are in the Pacifica and Central region of the country and only two are in the largest territories on the Caribbean side of the country.…
Colombia is a small country located in South America. The people of this country have lived in fear for many years. In 1538 Spain entered Colombia. Before Spain’s entry, the land was populated mostly by isolated tropical-forest Indians.…
Bogotá, Colombia Many people debate whether they should visit Colombia or not because its reputation for producing large amounts of narcotics and giving birth to infamous dealers like Pablo Escobar, Griselda Blanco, and members of the notorious Cali Cartel. However, the truth is that those hardcore criminal empires were powerful in the past but now the country has revamped itself and is a lot safer because of the police and military presence in throughout the country. Colombia is a wonderful place that is quickly becoming a popular tourist destination, no different or unsafe from any Western country as long as you know where to go, what to do, and what attractions to see. Bogota is the largest capital city in Colombia with a population of…
Over the years, the rise in medical cost partial blame the emerging of chronic diseases, lifestyle behaviors, and innovation for the upsurge in health care costs that forced millions of Americans without health care coverage. As people tend to develop chronic diseases from life style behaviors it becomes a burden on health care, to ensure that these patients receive the best care possible as the demand became greater and too expensive for the insurance companies to manage. “The U.S. chronic illness burden is increasing and is felt more strongly in minority and low-income populations: in 2005, 133 million Americans had at least one chronic condition” (Bodenheimer, Chen, & Bennett, 2009, para. 2). Insurance companies were forced to change particular…
The number of individuals within the United States aged 65 and older has significantly increased from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010. This represents a 15% increase and is expected to increase another 36% from 2010 to 2020 for a total of 55 million individuals (Fowles & Greenberg, 2011). The Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds (2011) reported that the growth in this population has dramatically impacted the national healthcare expenditure with Medicare spending expected to increase 6.9% per year from 2009 to 2019. This increasing demand causes the fiscal stability of the Medicare program to be fragile at best and with the current rate of…
The Ultimate Happy Healthy Medical Tourism Guide to Costa Rica As an eco- and medical tourism capital of Central America, the tiny nation of Costa Rica has a significant place in all the cubicle daydreams of tourists around the world. The amazing Costa Rican trails look like they are leading to foggy crater lakes, waterfalls, or isolated, jungle-fringed sea beaches. Explored by foot, horseback, or kayak, Costa Rica is a tropical land where you get to pick your own adventure. Costa Rica is the most amazing place to visit in winter, and this is absolutely true about it.…
Healthcare to U.S Citizens In the USA there are a variety of organizations provided to our citizens. Healthcare plays an important role in our society in general because it factors into our production. Programs, Production of Resources, Delivery of Services, Economic Support, and even Management organize our National Health System; we use this particular system because it shows how health needs or problems can produce health results or outcomes. Not only does it provide a systematic way of examining any one system but it also is a method for comparing health services around the world (Barton, 2009).…
If you were to ask a large and diverse crowd about what does poverty look like, you would hear many different interpretations. Some would say living check to check, or living underneath a highway with their possessions in a cart. What about those who get one present a year? Poverty certainly does come in many shades. That is just amongst many of the smaller problems within the larger issue.…
Hispanics are able to be great workers and do a lot of amazing things for this country that is the United States of America. Anyone is capable of being a great person in the great US, making this an even better country but some of the immigrant families that have illegal problems such as, being here with no documents, others come here just to do dumb stuff that makes them go to jail and that is not good for none of us. Most of the Hispanics, 3.7 percent of the US population are illegal that is a lot they are not able to stay here because they have no documents. Mexicans make up 54 percent of that 3.7 percent so that’s half of them here in the US. Life in Latin America is pretty rough, and jobs do not pay a lot of money.…
Guatemala is a central American country south of Mexico. It is home to volcanoes, rainforest, and ancient Mayan sites. More than half of Guatemala’s population lives in rural areas. Many who live in these areas have low access to household items. Families that live there face barrier problem to get access to health care.…
Everyone deserves to be happy: the poor and the rich alike. Americans have this idea that poor and homeless people should have worked harder to become successful or are just lazy and don’t deserve basic happiness and care. This idea needs to be changed. Everyone in our country is entitled to live with health and basic comfort. The condition of life for all inhabitants of the United States needs to be improved by fixing the minimum wage, social expectations regarding reproduction, and the healthcare system.…
What do you do when your kid breaks his/her arm. We should go to the hospital. Wait I don’t have health care. Most Americans don’t have health care to this day. Everybody in America needs to be provided with health care.…