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Health Services Extended to Citizens during 2009:
• Frequency rate at primary health care facilities and poly
clinics for 2009 is estimated at 2.7 times per capita. Public
hospitalization covered 624,973 cases, 158,364 delivery
operations and 121,000 surgeries.
• At the level of health services, the compulsory vaccination
coverage percentage ranged between 95 – 100%. Further,
99.88% of deliveries were performed with medical care at
different health facilities.
• In the area of artificial kidney services, dialysis services were
extended to 2487 patients in 38 dialysis centers using 897
dialysis machines. Also 46 renal transplantations were
performed.
Second: Health Environment
The Great Jamhirya attaches paramount importance to
environment health preservation especially against a backdrop
of variegated environmental phenomena threatening mankind.
To face this, the Jamhirya has adopted an array of legal and
executive procedures to help preserve the environment and
provide a space for the citizen to live soundly.
1- Executive Procedures
A. National Program for Environment Health
This Program is aimed to achieve a set of aspired national
policies for the protection and health of the existing
environmental situation and the rectification of wrongdoings in
order to ensure besides preservation of natural resources,
rationalization of their consumption and securing of their sound
investment, redress of different environmental pollution
problems and elaboration of effective and sustainable
development programs. The Program offers a package of