[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Suriname achieves 94.0% of what is expected based on its current income.
[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 83.2% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.
[4] Suriname falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 57.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.
[5] In 2018 life expectancy in Suriname was 68.7 for men and 75.1 for women ranking the country 107th in the world.
Medische Zending runs 52 primary healthcare centres in the interior.