Editing Togo (section)

=== Health ===
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |title=Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries |url=https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=humanrightsmeasurement.org |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308173546/https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> finds that Togo is fulfilling 73.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.<ref name="Togo - HRMI Rights Tracker">{{Cite web |title=Togo - HRMI Rights Tracker |url=https://rightstracker.org/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=rightstracker.org |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519142734/https://rightstracker.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Togo achieves 93.8% of what is expected based on its current income.<ref name="Togo - HRMI Rights Tracker"/> In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 88.2% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.<ref name="Togo - HRMI Rights Tracker"/> It falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling 37.3% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.<ref name="Togo - HRMI Rights Tracker"/>

Health expenditure in Togo was 5.2% of GDP in 2014, which ranks the country in 45th place in the world.<ref name="cia.gov"/> The [[infant mortality]] rate is approximately 43.7 deaths per 1,000 children in 2016.<ref name="cia.gov"/> Male [[life expectancy at birth]] was at 62.3 in 2016, whereas it was at 67.7 years for females.<ref name="cia.gov"/> There were 5 physicians per 100,000 people in 2008<ref name="cia.gov"/> According to a 2013 UNICEF report,<ref name=UNICEF2013p27>[http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf UNICEF 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405083031/http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf |date=5 April 2015 }}, p. 27.</ref> 4% of women in Togo have undergone [[female genital mutilation]].

{{As of|2015}}, the maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Togo is 368, compared with 350 in 2010 and 539.7 in 1990.<ref name="cia.gov"/> The under 5 mortality rate per 1,000 births is 100, and the neonatal mortality as a percentage of under 5's mortality is 32. In Togo the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 2 and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 67.<ref name="SOWMY">{{cite web|url=http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/report/home.html|title=The State Of The World's Midwifery|publisher=United Nations Population Fund|access-date=1 August 2011|archive-date=20 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120184853/http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/report/home.html|url-status=live}} Accessed August 2011.</ref>

In 2016, Togo had 4100 (2400–6100) new HIV infections and 5100 (3100–7700) AIDS-related deaths. There were 100,000 (73,000-130,000) people living with HIV in 2016, among whom 51% (37-67%) were accessing antiretroviral therapy. Among pregnant women living with HIV, 86% (59% - >95%) were accessing treatment or prophylaxis to prevent transmission of HIV to their children. An estimated <1000 (<500-1400) children were newly infected with HIV due to mother-to-child transmission. Among people living with HIV, approximately 42% (30-55%) had suppressed viral loads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/togo|title=Togo|website=www.unaids.org|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731160404/https://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/togo|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[French Development Agency|AFD]] is working to enhance living conditions in [[Lomé]], the coastal city with a population of 1.4 million, by modernizing [[Waste management|solid waste management services.]] The project involves enhancing garbage collection through the construction of a new [[landfill]] that meets international standards.<ref name=":111">{{Cite web |last=Bank |first=European Investment |date=2023-02-23 |title=The Clean Oceans Initiative |url=https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20230014-the-clean-oceans-initiative |language=EN |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223145820/https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20230014-the-clean-oceans-initiative |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Clean Oceans Initiative |url=https://www.afd.fr/en/the-clean-oceans-initiative |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.afd.fr |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224075540/https://www.afd.fr/en/the-clean-oceans-initiative |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, a Universal Health Insurance program was launched, covering 800,000 people within six months and implemented through the National Social Security Fund and the National Health Insurance Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |last=First |first=Togo |title=Togo's Universal Health Insurance Covers 800,000 People in First Six Months |url=https://www.togofirst.com/en/social/1207-14440-togos-universal-health-insurance-covers-800-000-people-in-first-six-months |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.togofirst.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>