Assignment 1
Introduction
Global health is essential since it is the aim to formulate effective responses to the state of health in developing and developed countries (Khan, Derman, & Testa, 2014). Therefore, global health should consist of foreign aid that is directed to building structures and systems, which is more effective than providing money (Khan et al., 2014). Overall, there are four main reasons global health should be a main focus, which are the world requires it, majority of global health is local, it is a smart thing to do, and the new health care trainees demand it (Khan et al., 2014). However, there are still numerous health disparities and the distribution of health risks worldwide are uneven (McNeill & Ottersen, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to investigate disparity in health conditions.
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases Improved Throughout Most of the World
The prevention and treatment of diseases have improved throughout most of the world especially high and/or medium income level countries. Overall, there have been improvements in treatments, technology, and education regarding a variety of health topics. In addition, the …show more content…
Overall, the death from lower respiratory infections is the leading mortality in developing countries with 91 deaths per 100,000 (World Health Organization, 2016). However, the age is not shown if these numbers pertain to individuals under forty or if the ages vary. Consequently, in developing countries the mortality rate is 4 out of every 10 children aged 15 or younger while the mortality rate is only 2 out of every 10 adults aged 70 or older (World Health Organization,
Introduction
Global health is essential since it is the aim to formulate effective responses to the state of health in developing and developed countries (Khan, Derman, & Testa, 2014). Therefore, global health should consist of foreign aid that is directed to building structures and systems, which is more effective than providing money (Khan et al., 2014). Overall, there are four main reasons global health should be a main focus, which are the world requires it, majority of global health is local, it is a smart thing to do, and the new health care trainees demand it (Khan et al., 2014). However, there are still numerous health disparities and the distribution of health risks worldwide are uneven (McNeill & Ottersen, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to investigate disparity in health conditions.
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases Improved Throughout Most of the World
The prevention and treatment of diseases have improved throughout most of the world especially high and/or medium income level countries. Overall, there have been improvements in treatments, technology, and education regarding a variety of health topics. In addition, the …show more content…
Overall, the death from lower respiratory infections is the leading mortality in developing countries with 91 deaths per 100,000 (World Health Organization, 2016). However, the age is not shown if these numbers pertain to individuals under forty or if the ages vary. Consequently, in developing countries the mortality rate is 4 out of every 10 children aged 15 or younger while the mortality rate is only 2 out of every 10 adults aged 70 or older (World Health Organization,