New research measuring how well countries are moving towards the health goals set by the United Nations reveals how America is doing in comparison to the rest of the world. Out of 188 countries rank, the US comes in at 28th. According to Lansip report Iceland, Sweden, and Singapore top the list. Which measures poverty, clean water, education, as well as societal inequality and industry innovation. The US scored highest in water sanitation and child development or interpersonal violence, response to natural disasters, HIV, suicide and alcohol abuse all hurt America's over all standing. The US isn't doing as well as it perhaps should compared with some countries in Western Europe. Said Christopher Murray, a global health professor at the University of Washington and a lead author of the study. The massive world wide study has attracted support by well known billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Hopes to create a universal standard that all nation can agree on.

The U.S. Is Nowhere Near the Best Country in the World