COMPARISON

RWANDA
RWANDA

=== vs. CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA

Similarity Genocide: Rwanda is known for the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 Genocide: Cambodia is known for the 1975-79 genocide that killed Tutsi and moderate Hutu about 1.7 mill Khmer. Rulers: The country has been ruled by Paul Kagame, at first as de facto leader and, since 2000, as president. Kagame runs a repressive regime that equates criticism with treason; opposition journalists or politicians in Rwanda have disappeared or died mysteriously. Rulers: The country has been ruled by Hun Sen, at first as de facto leader and (even after losing election in 1993), since 1998, as Prime Minister. Hun Sen runs a repressive regime that equates criticism with treason; opposition journalists or politicians in Cambodia have been killed or sent to prison using his court system.

Per capita income has tripled although the fact that it is now only Per capita income has tripled it was about US$ 330 in 1994 and $550 a year. (it was about US$190 in 1994 and US$550 in 2012) US$900 in 2012) Health care insurance: No health care insurance till 2000. Health care insurance: Never has health care insurance. Differences In 1999, Rwandas health facilities sat unused, as the vast majority of Most of Cambodias health facilities continue not to providing proper people couldnt afford them. But the situation was changed after Health services, otherwise the vast majority of people couldnt afford them. Care insurance introduced in 2000. In 2000, Rwanda Health Ministry began a pilot project of health Never start insurance in three districts. In 2004, the program began to spread across the nation. Now health insurance called Mutuelle de Sant is nearly universal Mutuelle is a community system premiums go into a local risk pool No government support for health care. and are administered by communities. Until last year, Mutuelles premiums were about two dollars a year. This system turned out to be untenable even two dollars a year was too much for a lot of people. (If you are a rural farmer with an income of some $150 a year, you have to spend every penny on food.). The rest cover by the government.

Since 2011, Mutuelle adopted a sliding scale. For the wealthiest, Nothing to compare. premiums essentially quadrupled, to about $8 a year. Each visit to a clinic has a co-pay of about 33 cents. If you need to go to the hospital, you pay a tenth of your hospital bill. But now the poorest as judged by their communities pay Nothing to compare. nothing. The Health Ministry says that the poorest 25 percent of Rwandans get free care. Mutuelle is one of many changes in Rwandas health system. Nothing to compare with Rwanda health care system.

A decade ago local clinics were routinely padlocked patients had to No change in Cambodia: local clinics continue to routinely padlocked go search out nurses in the village. Nor was there equipment or patients need to go search out nurses in the village. Nor was there medicine. A largely rural country of more than eight million people had equipment or medicine only about 500 doctors, and almost all were in cities. For more details and reference, please visit this link. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/rwandas-health-care-miracle/