Universal healthcare is required in most developing nations, but implementing it comes with challenges that slow down the process. Some of the major issues include lack of adequate resources, poor physical facilities, and a politically unbefitting environment. However, the shortage of workforce and the vice of corruption make it even harder to develop one. An appreciation of these issues will aid toward eradicating barriers to healthcare for any society that aspires to attain sustainable health care services.
One of the most apparent issues is the problem of resource limitations that can bar the implementation of the intended change. Most emerging states have low spending, low gross domestic products and inadequate resources to allow for universal health covers. This has been attributed to high costs of medical services, equipment, and pharmaceutical products which add more costs to governments. More health care programs experience inadequate funding meaning that the quality delivery of services and access to such services is limited.
Another challenge is related to infrastructure that may lack or does not have appropriate physical structures that enhance the learning process of these courses. Some of the problems that instigate the importation of healthcare facilities, modern instruments, and transport networks are inadequate, poorly developed nations incomplete. This is especially realized in the rural regions where the availability of health facilities such as hospitals and clinics is rare. Lack of infrastructure to improve the quality of health care denies the millions of the medical attention they require depending on their health conditions.
Political instability and weak governance remain key issues that compound the challenges of healthcare implementation further. Fluctuations in policies, no long-term planning, and implementation issues reduce the health care resources. Sometimes the funds are blocked by mismanagement and bureaucratic structures which do not readily channel the money to the health care programs. It is with the stable and stable form of governance that one could fashion out and maintain health care for all in these nations.
Several challenges exist, one of them being the healthcare workforce shortages. Some of the common effects of failure in developing nations are instances of brain drain, poor training, and inadequate education standards besides poor working conditions. Ensuring that there are enough doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals retained in the workplaces will remain a mere dream with the call for universal health care. Tackling these hurdles would require transformative solutions provided in the form of increased funding, infrastructural development, efficient governance and development of an effective workforce to enhance health care accessibility.
Conclusion
Globalization and implementation of universal health care in developing countries need action. Money investment, physical, political advancement, and human capital are important for the advancement. If these infrastructural reforms are not achieved, even more, Australians will remain barred from accessing health services, and disparities perpetuated. Governments ought to stay focused on this unenviable responsibility of providing quality care and make it be accessible to everyone as is their right.
