Albania scored an impressive 70 out of a 100 in a ranking of 204 countries for the treatment of diseases and the provision of healthcare without high costs.
These results are included in a study conducted by the American Institute for Health Metrics and Assessment (IHME), at the University of Washington and published in The Lancet. The institute is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and measures “the world’s health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them.”
The study, which measures the quality and health coverage of the population equally, regardless of economic status was published in August 2020.
Based on the published data, Albania was evaluated with 98 points for vaccinating the population against infectious diseases of Lyme and Diphtheria. The country was also rated high for the treatment of lung diseases (90 points), treatment of tuberculosis (92 points), treatment of bronchiectasis (81 points), appendicitis and digestive diseases (98 and 99 points respectively) and breast, uterine, and prostate cancer (84 points, 81 points, and 88 points respectively).
Albania performed poorly for family planning (10 points) and the treatment of HIV and AIDs (41 points).
The country was rated better than the countries of the region including Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Georgia and Turkey.
Of the countries in the world, Japan ranks first with 96 points, followed by France and Finland with 91, and Canada with Ireland with 90 points each.
