The country's shrinking water supply is in jeopardy as weak regulation, lagging services, and climate variability fuel a complex crisis. An MSF social psychologist raises awareness of mental health group consultations in a community of San Salvador. The project was implemented in … The major one is Dengue Fever. Soon after her death, El Salvador’s president, Sánchez Cerén, declared – for the first time ever – a national femicide alert and crisis over extreme violence against women. In El Salvador around 432,000 people are food insecure and 50,000 may suffer severe food insecurity due to direct and indirect effects of COVID-19. 75.92 years Ranked 44th. Dengue Fever became an epidemic in 2010, when there were approximately 2,400 confirmed cases. 4.5 per 100,000 people Ranked 18th. 8% more than El Salvador Suicide rate > Gender ratio: 2.2 per 100,000 people Ranked 63th. El Salvador: COVID-19 Informe de situación No.18 Al 05 de octubre 2020 Format Situation Report Sources. El Salvador. OCHA; UNCT El Salvador; Posted 9 Oct 2020 Originally published 9 Oct 2020. The health system in El Salvador is largely centralized and administrative, fiscal, and political decisions The 2018 National Health Policy for Indigenous Peoples (Acuerdo N°1019) establishes lines of action that seek to guarantee the right to health of indigenous peoples of El Salvador, with an intercultural approach. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing gaps and inequalities in El Salvador, deepening structural weaknesses such as chronic violence and affecting the economy. Apart from temperamental shower systems, there are a few other health concerns you need to take into consideration when traveling to El Salvador. This paper describes the health conditions in El Salvador and the main característics of the Salvadoran health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, the physical, material and human resources available, the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Public Health, and the participation of health care users in the evaluation of the system. Once lush, El Salvador is dangerously close to running dry. 63 and 65 of the Constitution. The health crisis will have a greater impact on vulnerable and low-income households, people with disabilities, children, elderly, indigenous, women, LGBTI El Salvador, July 2019 Alejandra Sandoval/MSF Share MSF psychologists provide services in the communities and support the Ministry of Health’s community family health units (Unidad Comunitaria de Salud Familiar; UCSF). Access to healthcare by indigenous Peoples in El Salvador is enshrined in arts. 1% more than El Salvador Life expectancy at birth > Male: 70.16 years Ranked 115th. El Salvador is one the few countries in Latin America considered in crisis with regard to human resources for health (HRH).155 HRH maldistribution is but one of those challenges to overcome in order to assure universal quality of health care. A survey by the Honduran government revealed that over 90% of households surveyed do not have reserves to last more than … The project had two goals: (i) expand access and improve the quality of health services for El Salvador’s poor and rural citizens; and (ii) strengthen El Salvador’s health ministry stewardship capacity to manage essential public health functions.