Health standards have greatly improved throughout the Bahamas in recent years.
Vaccination against diseases such as measles and diphtheria has lowered the infection and death rate among children.
The infection rate of HIV/AIDS is quite high — in 2013, an estimated 500 people died from AIDS in the Bahamas.
[1] Rates of non-communicable diseases have risen to the point where treatment costs challenge the viability of the healthcare system.
This program gives anyone who is a resident of the Bahamas, healthcare for no cost up front when receiving the service.