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Nauru Health is one of the prime factors of concern in Nauru and the government along with the non- government organizations are taking preventive measures to ensure good standards of health in Nauru. Nauru is the smallest island of Pacific with a very meager population, still various outbreaks of diseases are seen and they are affecting the mass health in Nauru. To check the outbreak of such diseases Nauru health services has came to forefront and the important among them are the two modern hospitals of Nauru. One of the Nauru hospitals caters to the health care of phosphate industry employees whereas the second one provides free medical services to the rest of the mass.
Life expectancy in Nauru has been recently reported as 61.6 years whereas the infant mortality rate is approximately 10.5 per 1,000 live births. Immunization rates of Nauru Children below one year in 1990 were: 74% for measles, 74% for polio and 93% for tuberculosis. Till the year 1995 AIDS as a rising threatening disease was not reported in Nauru. Cardiovascular diseases were even of primary concern in Nauru health scenario.
The main health problems in Nauru were the affliction of diseases and illnesses such as tuberculosis, leprosy, vitamin deficiencies and diabetes and these were the results of switching to the habit of westernized diet. To decrease the increasing number of diabetic patients a national foot care education program was launched in the year 1992. Nauru health services were further modernized and with the help of these treatments various diseases were brought under control.
Nauru Health Department has seen much improvement in the recent years and it is due to the assessment of well trained professionals along with the upcoming of various health system organizations.
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