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Health in the Republic of the Congo
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The Republic of the Congo faces a number of ongoing health challenges.[1]
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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[2] finds that the Republic of the Congo is fulfilling 63.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[3] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, the Republic of the Congo achieves 90.3% of what is expected based on its current income.[4] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 75.9% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [5] The Republic of the Congo falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 25.0% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[6]