{"id":17007,"date":"2022-05-23T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anesvad.org\/?p=17007"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:03:27","slug":"price-of-war-should-not-be-their-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anesvad.org\/en\/last-news\/price-of-war-should-not-be-their-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The price of war should not be their health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n    <\/p><p class=\"entradilla\">In a globalized world, the war in Ukraine is having devastating consequences beyond the borders of the conflict. But, for sure, this should not be their health. In sub-Saharan Africa, the rising cost of living is affecting something as essential as access to healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The <strong>Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens <\/strong>to tip tens of millions of people over the edge into <strong>food insecurity<\/strong>, followed by malnutrition, mass hunger and famine, in a crisis that could last for years\u2019. These were the stark words of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, given the rising inflation that the war in Ukraine has caused in many impoverished countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months the <strong>price of food, fertilizers, gas, and crude oil has gone up <\/strong>by between one and two thirds. This is because nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anesvad.org\/en\/estapasando\/food-stake-war-ukraine-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one third of global wheat and barley<\/a> production and half of sunflower-oil production comes from Russia. World gas and crude oil supplies are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anesvad.org\/en\/estapasando\/energy-in-africa-short-term-shortage-business-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highly dependent on Russia<\/a>. The majority of developing countries, many of them in Africa, lack the fiscal capacity to cushion these enormous increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the fact is that the increase in the price of essential raw materials such as cereals, fuel, electricity, etc. is a <strong>burden that many <\/strong><strong>famili<\/strong><strong>es are finding impossible to bear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The price of war: if inflation rises, health falls<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the African context, with rising food prices, fewer families can afford one decent meal a day. This <strong>deepens their poverty <\/strong>on many fronts. As they do not have enough income and with prices rising across the board, they find it more difficult to pay for <strong>basic services such as electricity, fuel, or access to healthcare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the fact is that for many African healthcare systems, while public health does exist, it is weak and <strong>requires payment for medicines and basic appointments<\/strong>. When it comes to healthcare services for the detection of NTDs, the treatments are out of reach for a vast majority of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>M<\/strong><strong>ore<\/strong><strong> incentiv<\/strong><strong>e<\/strong><strong>s <\/strong><strong>and support for local farmers<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to alleviate the effects that the war in Ukraine is having on many African economies, <strong>international financial institutions need to increase their investment<\/strong> there. Meanwhile governments need to <strong>incentivize local<\/strong> <strong>agricultural production <\/strong>and invest in food systems that protect small- and medium-sized farmers. Ensuring food security within this context of uncertainty can avoid the most impoverished people from having to decide between eating or going to the doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, organizations working to strengthen the weakest healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa seek to alleviate the consequences of this new crisis. <strong>The price of war should not be <del>your <\/del><ins>their <\/ins>health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food insecurity, followed by malnutrition, mass hunger and famine, in a crisis that could last for years\u2019. 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