Editing Central African Republic (section)

=== Health ===
{{main|Health in the Central African Republic}}
[[File:Caf babies.jpg|thumb|left|Mothers and babies aged between 0 and 5 years are lining up in a Health Post at Begoua, a district of [[Bangui]], waiting for the two drops of the oral [[polio vaccine]].]]
The largest hospitals in the country are located in the Bangui district. As a member of the [[World Health Organization]], the Central African Republic receives vaccination assistance, such as a 2014 intervention for the prevention of a measles epidemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/hac/crises/caf/en/|title=WHO – Health in Central African Republic|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013121133/http://www.who.int/hac/crises/caf/en/|archive-date=13 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, female [[life expectancy at birth]] was 48.2 years, and male life expectancy at birth was 45.1 years.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{Cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_CAF.html |title=Human Development Report 2009 – Central African Republic |publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org |access-date=27 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905183727/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_CAF.html |archive-date=5 September 2010 }}</ref>

[[Women's health]] is poor in the Central African Republic. {{As of|2010}}, the country had the fourth highest [[maternal mortality]] rate in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html|title=Country Comparison :: Maternal mortality rate|work=The World Factbook|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418113820/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html|archive-date=18 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[total fertility rate]] in 2014 was estimated at 4.46 children born/woman.<ref name=CIA /> Approximately 25% of women had undergone [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/|title=WHO – Female genital mutilation and other harmful practices|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012192739/http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/|archive-date=12 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many births in the country are guided by traditional [[Birth attendant|birth attendants]], who often have little or no formal training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/where-we-work/africa/central-african-republic/mother-and-child-health-in-central-african-republic/|title=Mother and child health in Central African Republic|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020000642/http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/where-we-work/africa/central-african-republic/mother-and-child-health-in-central-african-republic/|archive-date=20 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Malaria]] is endemic in the Central African Republic and one of the leading causes of death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.msfaccess.org/content/malaria-%E2%80%93-one-leading-causes-death-central-african-republic|title=Malaria – one of the leading causes of death in the Central African Republic|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104172444/http://www.msfaccess.org/content/malaria-%E2%80%93-one-leading-causes-death-central-african-republic|archive-date=4 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> According to 2009 estimates, the HIV/AIDS [[prevalence]] rate is about 4.7% of the adult population (ages 15–49).<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html CIA World Factbook: HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221190412/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html |date=21 December 2014 }}. Cia.gov. Retrieved 6 April 2013.</ref> This is in general agreement with the 2016 [[United Nations]] estimate of approximately 4%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/centralafricanrepublic/ |title=Central African Republic |publisher=Unaids.org |date=29 July 2016 |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701002023/http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/centralafricanrepublic/ |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Government expenditure on health was US$20 (PPP) per person in 2006<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> and 10.9% of total government expenditure in 2006.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> There was only around 1 physician for every 20,000 people in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/central-african-republic/physicians |title=WHO Country Offices in the WHO African Region – WHO &#124; Regional Office for Africa |publisher=Afro.who.int |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231102/http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/central-african-republic/physicians |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In the 2024 Global Hunger Index, Central African Rep. ranks 119th out of the 127 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2024 GHI scores. With a score of 31.5<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Hunger Index Scores by 2024 GHI Rank |url=https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Global Hunger Index (GHI) - peer-reviewed annual publication designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels |language=en}}</ref>