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affected Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Toronto. These countries and areas were most directly affected from the SARS outbreaks, although indirect effects of this disease were felt worldwide. The effects were not only felt in the public health and medical systems, but in the economic and political arenas as well . Even countries without a direct SARS outbreak were affected by the crisis. According to the US Federal Reserve, SARS affected the US economy by contributing to a…

A virus is spreading through the western world, coming up from the south it sneaks over borders. It is a silent attacker infecting many without them even noticing until it is too late. Zika virus generates a major health concern for the United states, and the United States should take precautions to insure the safety of its people. Originally discovered in Africa Zika is a virus that has been known for a while now but just recently has become a danger to the United States and its citizens…

Shark Tank, the critically-acclaimed reality show that has refreshed entrepreneurship in America, has also become a socially defining series. The recipient of the 2015 and 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, the business-themed show returns to the ABC Television Network for its seventh season. The Sharks tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons continue their search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer. The Sharks…

For this assignment, I chose to shadow a health care employee. The organization I visited was Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser has a very interesting history that has guided the HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) to where they are today. They started in the early 1930’s, providing health care for construction workers on the Colorado River Aqueduct Project. Dr. Sidney Garfield provided care for injured and sick workers and while the employees were being taken care of, Dr. Garfield was losing money.…

The disease AIDS has caused the world to come together and create many organizations on a global scale such as The International AIDS Society (IAS), United Nations AIDS organization(UNAIDS), and the Elton John AIDS…

Children and Mental Health Research suggests that family income affects the mental health of children (Kuruvilla, 2007). Children that come from low income families tend to have higher rates of depression, cheating, and anti-social behaviour such as bullying, telling lies and breaking things (Kuruvilla, 2007). If the family is chronically poor, a child has an increased tendency to have a lower cognitive performance (Kuruvilla, 2007). As they reach adolescence they are more likely to engage in…

It’s Time to “Pop the Bubble”: The Implications of International Programmes Supporting Public Health Growth and Development Introduction Let’s face it— Canadians are some of the healthiest people in the world. With programmes covering both health protection at the clinical level, and health promotion at the policy level (e.g. The Public Health Agency of Canada), Canada easily has a population that can call themselves healthy relative to much of the rest of the world. To test this, let’s…

Zuckerburg dreams of having a world without disease and research is making progress finding cures, at the present time one of the most costliest man-made inventions that has had the greatest impact on global health and economic burden is cigarettes and tobacco products. The Worth Health Organization (WHO) estimates by 2030 eight million people will be killed by tobacco and most deaths will occur in middle to lower income societies. Although smoking rates have decrease in developed countries in…

Various HMO models (Staff, Group, & Network) Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) have been around since the 20th century. They were not made to operate as they do currently in today’s world until the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 set federal rules on how the operations of HMO should be conducted. HMO’s have various models, but despite the model, in each HMO, the employer pays the monthly premium for the HMO service, which reduces the overhead for employees seeking medical help.…

When considering global health, we cannot overlook the issue of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While mainly effecting populations in poverty, the diseases infect over a billion people globally in around 150 tropical and subtropical countries (WHO). As a result of prevalent health issues in more developed nations, NTDs are often overlooked and downgraded in the overall health importance scale. Neglected tropical diseases are often neglected due to their lack of relevance and breadth of…