Health in Libya

Prior to the Libyan Revolution health training, rehabilitation, education, housing, family issues, disability and old-age benefits were all regulated by "Decision No.

"The out-of-pocket expenditure share is 29.7% (2013) and the health workforce density (2009) is 19.0 physicians and 68.0 nurses and midwives per 10 000 population".

With the discovery of oil in the early 1960s, many students were sponsored by the Libyan government to study medicine in European and North American universities.

This led to the establishment of the first generation of Libyan doctors and academics who founded the first medical school in Benghazi in 1970 and a second one in Tripoli in 1973.

For example, Al Zahra Kidney Hospital near Tripoli was severely damaged and looted during April 2015 clashes.

Surgical theaters are suffering from the insufficiency of anesthetics, dressing materials, and internal fixators for fractures.

The local authorities and nongovernmental organizations(NGOs) state that the displaced population is lacking water, food, shelter, health care, and other basic commodities.