page_title: Health in Bolivia
section_title: Diseases
hierarchical_section_title: Health in Bolivia / Health status / Diseases
caption_attribution_description: English: HIV-1 particles assembling at the surface of an infected macrophage. Français&#160;: Des particules de HIV-1 s’assemblant à la surface d’un macrophage infecté.
context_page_description: In terms of key indicators, health in Bolivia ranks nearly last among the Western Hemisphere countries. Only Haiti scores consistently lower. Bolivia's child mortality rate of 69 per 1,000 live births is the worst in South America. Proper nourishment is a constant struggle for many Bolivians. Experts estimate that 7 percent of Bolivian children under the age of five and 23 percent of the entire population suffer from malnutrition. Another health factor in Bolivia is sanitation.
context_section_description: Bolivians living in rural areas lack proper sanitation and medical services, rendering many helpless against still potent diseases such as malaria (in tropical areas) and Chagas disease. Statistics indicate that 20 percent of the rural population in Bolivia has access to safe water and sanitation.
  Major infectious diseases with high degree of risk are:
  food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
  vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
  water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
caption: HIV-1 particles assembling at the surface of an infected macrophage.
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