The health care statistics of any nation are clear indicators of the standard of living in that country and also very clearly speaks of its economic standing in the present world.

Some of the key denominators looked at very commonly, when evaluating the health care standards of any nation are infant mortality rate, life expectancy, HIV incidence and the government spending on health care.

In many countries the infant mortality rate is less than 5/1000 while in many African and some Asian countries the infant mortality rate is exceeding 25/1000. These figures are frighteningly true. Some poor nations in Africa and Asia are entirely dependent on the external aid and support for running their bare minimum health care facilities.

The statistical numerical figures depict the status of health care availability to the common man very clearly and louder than any political leader’s words.

The economic standing of any country as per the present day categorisation fits into two divisions namely developed nations and the developing nations.

Some exuberant representatives of the developed nations went to the extremes of categorising the non developed categories as third world countries.

In some of these nations there is also a huge discrepancy in the health care availability among the various sections of the society. The rich and the upper middle class earning groups enjoy the best health care facilities comparable to that of any other developed nation. The lower middle class and the poor sections of the society cannot even afford the basic health care facilities without often getting into lifelong debts.

The leaders of these developing countries clearly understand that their countries progress is very closely linked with the improvement in the health care availability to the common man. They should introduce bold and strict policies in order to root out the corruption in the government health care institutions at all levels.

The ruling governments in these nations should bring radical changes in their health care policies and largely increase the government spending on improving the existing health care facilities as well as introducing many more new ones.

The Government should encourage and work with the private health care institutions and the pharmaceutical industries in order to make the health care affordable and available to all sections of the society.

Health care education to all age groups and promoting literacy among common population would be the key steps towards improved health care in these developing nations. The prosperity of any nation lies in the health of its population. Improvement in people’s health automatically increases the nation’s wealth.

The health care statistics should be regularly monitored by the health departments of all countries and they are as important as the economic indicators of the nation's progress.