Health in Algeria

[2] Given Algeria's young population, policy favors preventive health care and clinics over hospitals.

[5] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Algeria achieves 93.7% of what is expected based on its current income.

[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 95.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.

[9] The Algerian government is investing in human resources by creating 58,000 jobs in nursing, doctors and health care assistants.

[10] Patients that seek to use the private health system will pay large amounts of out of pocket fees and enjoy quality of service that only a few can afford.

[9] Algeria is emerging from a several year internal conflict that had effected the nation into deep poverty and unemployment in rural areas.

[11] Due to the poverty families in these rural areas find it hard to afford basic food needs.

[12] The united nations WPA Algeria runs from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015 with a total budget of US$66 Million.

[14] 45 people die every day in Algeria from serious diseases caused by smoking, according to Pr Salim Nafti, president of the Algerian Society of Pneumophtisiology, who works at the Mustapha Pacha hospital.

(International Diabetes Federation)[17] It is predominantly most common in 35–70 year olds, which consist of a large segment of the working population.

The transition from the traditional life style to a more westernised is one of the major explanatory factors behind the rapid progression of diabetes in Algeria.