3.4. Social hazards

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3 4 amenazas socialesSocial hazards, also called complex emergencies, seriously limit a population’s access to health services, water, food, and transportation, all of which are determinants of health. They also often lead to a lack of safety and tend to come hand in hand with natural disasters such as floods.

Whether for economic reasons or as a result of internal conflict, displaced populations face serious challenges when it comes buy cenforce online to health care. In Colombia, for example, approximately 80-90 percent of the large internally displaced population has insurance coverage, yet the percentage with effective access to health services is very low—not more than 40%. Barriers such as geographical dispersion, the presence of illegal armed forces, administrative and operational problems, and weak health institutions, all negatively affect the timely provision and quality of service.

 

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