Demographics of Zimbabwe - Health

Health

See also: HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe

According to the United Nations World Health Organization, the life expectancy for men is 37 years and the life expectancy for women is 34 years of age, the lowest in the world in 2006. An association of doctors in Zimbabwe have made calls for President Mugabe to make moves to assist the ailing health service. Zimbabwe has a very high HIV infection rate. In 2001 it was measured at its highest level ever of 33.7% for people aged 15–49.

Read more about this topic:  Demographics Of Zimbabwe

Famous quotes containing the word health:

    “Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.”
    —Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LautrĂ©amont (1846–1870)

    “The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Nothing in Nature’s sober found,
    But an eternal health goes round.
    Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high,
    Fill all the glasses there—for why
    Should every creature drink but I?
    Why, man of morals, tell me why?”
    —Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)