| Waca Playa (Bolivia) | Pitumarca (Peru) |
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Human Development Index | 0.36 a | 0.51 b |
Life expectancy (years) | 52.4 a | 70.0 b |
National social health security | SUMI: coverage for pregnant women and children under age 5 | SIS: coverage for all adult population living in poverty or extreme poverty |
Community biomedical facilities | Rudimentary medical post with one auxiliary nurse provides ambulatory health care to 20 villages. Approximately one visit by auxiliary nurse every two months to each village.c | Health center with 11 health professionals, including one medical doctor. One visit by a nurse per month to each village. 4 to 6 health workers trained in each village. c |
Distance from community to villages where households were interviewed (km) | 5 to 9 c | 4 to 5 c |
Distance from community to nearest hospital (km) | approximately 40 (dirt road) c | 35 (paved road) c |
Beds per inhabitant (number) | 0.66 d | 0.84 e |