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Consequently, the GHIC is accepted in the same countries as the UK EHIC. Like the EHIC, the GHIC only covers healthcare which is normally covered by a statutory health care system in the visited country, so the UK government still advises travellers to purchase travel insurance. [7]
A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance , by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member ...
Countries with highest caloric self-sufficiency ratio in 2010 [1] Rank Country Ratio (%) 1 Argentina: 273 2 Uruguay: 232 3 Australia: 207 4 Ukraine: 193 5 New Zealand: 185 6 Canada: 183 7 Bulgaria: 171 8 Hungary: 162 9 Lithuania: 149 10 Malaysia: 145
Share of the population without access to an improved water source, 2020. Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.
A long run indicator of the ability of the country to provide food sustenance and avoid malnutrition is the rate of growth of per capita food production; from 1970 to 1990, the rate for Nigeria was 0.25%. [76] Though small, the positive rate of per capita may be due to Nigeria's importation of food products.
Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land.
Countries have agreed to set up a historic fund to help pay for the devastating impact of climate change on poorer nations in a deal reached on Sunday.
Out of all the water on Earth, saline water in oceans, seas and saline groundwater make up about 97% of it. Only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers.