4. Do health professionals compromise their integrity when they get involved in addressing some of the social determinants as an advocate, activist, or academic?
In my opinion, I do not think that health professionals compromise their integrity when they get involved as advocates, activists, or academics to address social determinants of health. I also think that addressing social determinants either as an advocate, as an activist or as an academic is in one way or another a part of being a health professional. There are many different ways to advocate or to be an activist, and if a health professional is following and respecting his/her ethics as a health provider and as a human being I do not think that the integrity of the professional …show more content…
The WHO explains that in past Ebola outbreaks “the primary aim of rapid patient isolation was to interrupt chains of transmission” (2015), but Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea have all just recently emerged from years of civil war that has left as result very damaged or destroyed basic health infrastructures severely damaged or destroyed as well as generations of people with very little or no formal education. We should also take into account that the telecommunications, transportation services, and road systems are very weak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea which delayed the transportation of the patients to the treatment centers, delayed the transportation of samples to the laboratories, delayed the communication of reports and assistance, as well as delayed the public campaigns. Ebola outbreak, in my opinion, is the perfect example of what happens when the health services, the infrastructure, the political climate, the education services, and so many other services are weak. By having strengthened the health system, communication systems, educating people, proper roads, …show more content…
Each of the national health systems that we analyzed has qualities/strengths as well as weaknesses that are worth analyzing. I think that the topic of partnerships is very interesting due to the importance that these have globally and how these help strengthen campaigns, policies, and national health systems. The Global Program to Eradicate Polio is a perfect example of the importance of partnerships. This program is considered the most successful diagonal public health intervention and proves that global social mobilization efforts are necessary to eradicate diseases. The Polio example also taught me about the importance of the involvement of the private sector in global health and how the different actors in a partnership bring different qualities that make the partnership successful and that allows the partnership to have more resources, but also to have more points of view that help a program change routes if needed. The Global Program to Eradicate Polio was an important topic to me because it showed that it is not only necessary to access to the solution, in this case, a vaccine, but it is much more than that. It is about an organization, understanding of the culture, it is about the national government, of the resources, and the plan to achieve the goal, and in order to reach this it is necessary to have the national health system involved, but also the private sector and
In my opinion, I do not think that health professionals compromise their integrity when they get involved as advocates, activists, or academics to address social determinants of health. I also think that addressing social determinants either as an advocate, as an activist or as an academic is in one way or another a part of being a health professional. There are many different ways to advocate or to be an activist, and if a health professional is following and respecting his/her ethics as a health provider and as a human being I do not think that the integrity of the professional …show more content…
The WHO explains that in past Ebola outbreaks “the primary aim of rapid patient isolation was to interrupt chains of transmission” (2015), but Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea have all just recently emerged from years of civil war that has left as result very damaged or destroyed basic health infrastructures severely damaged or destroyed as well as generations of people with very little or no formal education. We should also take into account that the telecommunications, transportation services, and road systems are very weak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea which delayed the transportation of the patients to the treatment centers, delayed the transportation of samples to the laboratories, delayed the communication of reports and assistance, as well as delayed the public campaigns. Ebola outbreak, in my opinion, is the perfect example of what happens when the health services, the infrastructure, the political climate, the education services, and so many other services are weak. By having strengthened the health system, communication systems, educating people, proper roads, …show more content…
Each of the national health systems that we analyzed has qualities/strengths as well as weaknesses that are worth analyzing. I think that the topic of partnerships is very interesting due to the importance that these have globally and how these help strengthen campaigns, policies, and national health systems. The Global Program to Eradicate Polio is a perfect example of the importance of partnerships. This program is considered the most successful diagonal public health intervention and proves that global social mobilization efforts are necessary to eradicate diseases. The Polio example also taught me about the importance of the involvement of the private sector in global health and how the different actors in a partnership bring different qualities that make the partnership successful and that allows the partnership to have more resources, but also to have more points of view that help a program change routes if needed. The Global Program to Eradicate Polio was an important topic to me because it showed that it is not only necessary to access to the solution, in this case, a vaccine, but it is much more than that. It is about an organization, understanding of the culture, it is about the national government, of the resources, and the plan to achieve the goal, and in order to reach this it is necessary to have the national health system involved, but also the private sector and