Egypt healthcare, success story

Year 1980, under-five child mortality per 1000 born:

• Egypt 176,

• Bolivia 170,

• Cameroon 168,

• Yemen 189,

• Madagascar 173,

• Lao 188,

• Tanzania 176,

• India 143,

• Brazil 90,

• China 59,

• USA 15,

Year 2009:

• Egypt 21,

• Bolivia 51,

• Cameroon 154,

• Yemen 66,

• Madagascar 58,

• Lao 59,

• Tanzania 108,

• India 66,

• Brazil 21,

• China 19,

• USA 7.8.

I cannot say it any other way, healthcare development in the last 30 years of Egypt was remarkable success. Almost unprecedented in history.