Health in the Comoros

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Health in the Comoros continues to face public health problems characteristic of developing countries.^[1] After Comoros's independence in 1975, the French withdrew their medical teams, leaving the three islands' already rudimentary health care system in a state of severe crisis.^[1] French assistance was eventually resumed, and other nations also contributed medical assistance to the young republic.^[1]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[2] finds that Comoros is fulfilling 64.2% 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, Comoros achieves 86.7% 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 84.1% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. ^[5] Comoros falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 21.6% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.^[6]