Third-world Country Healthcare

Nearly 10 million children die each year from the lack of basic healthcare services. In third-world countries, many children die before the age of five. Most all of these deaths are due to diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. All of which could be cured and or prevented with access to healthcare services. Next to these illnesses, the next factor for children dying is malnutrition. Poverty levels and lack of food is an everyday concern for people that live in these countries.  With twenty-four hour access to hospitals and doctors in countries such as America, these children have every opportunity given to them and the ability to get their illnesses taken care of in a timely manner. Unfortunately, in third world countries, these children die because there is simply no access to health care most of the time or they simply could not get to a facility in time due to the few number of facilities. I find it very disturbing for these parents to have to know that more than likely one of their children will die before the age of five, due to circumstances that they can't control, yet ones that are more often than not preventable. Simple things, such as rehydration therapy, could prevent a child who has diarrhea from dying. So many people in America take healthcare needs for granted. Imagine being one of these parents who have to watch your child die a slow, antagonizing death due to something that could have easily been prevented.