Analysis Of Senegal : A Success Story

One of the most popular food in the world. Chocolate! This delicious food is made from cocoa beans which are grown in pods on tree trunks.The production of cocoa beans have expanded over the years, from South America to the Europeans to the U.S. They originally were grown only in South America until Columbus brought them back from his last voyage. Since then cocoa has only grown in popularity. (Background Essay) The production of chocolate is poor for the Ivory Coast. First, the Ivory Coast isn’t earning enough money from the total income from exporting the cocoa beans for chocolate bars. Second, the agriculture on the Ivory Coast is terrible. Lastly, the cocoa production is affecting the existence of animals on the Ivory Coast.

During my numerous trips to Nigeria to visit my extended family, I saw firsthand how international health disparities can affect communities. It is often challenging to make the highest standard of care available to all groups and individuals here, and I became increasingly motivated to devote myself to the mission of reducing health disparities in African countries. People in my family, regardless of societal class, suffered from various illnesses including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and polio because of poor access to quality healthcare services. My goal is to return to underserved communities in the United States and Nigeria after being armed with the training from the University of Michigan School of Information that will allow me make

In recent years, Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have launched major healthcare initiatives in order to expand and improve access to services. However, the state of health systems for the last 20 years is difficult to overcome. Liberia and Sierra Leone were each embroiled in civil wars until the mid-2000s. Porous borders and a shared diamond belt meant that their conflicts were often shared, as political strife, violence, looting, armed forces, and refugees moved to neighboring countries. , Guinea in particular was on the receiving end of refugees. During that time in all three countries, health systems were uniformly poor, with under-staffed and under-resourced facilities, significant health disparities, and almost no systematic infectious disease surveillance or control.

The Liberian Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), the caretaker of the nation’s health services and advocate for children’s health and welfare has prioritized improving its health sector. However, the colossal task of bringing the health system back to pre-civil war years has become a formidable challenge. Besides, the limitation of services to both the rural and urban poor, the health system lacks trained medical personnel, including technicians, nurses and doctors (Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI. 2016).

Africa is the cradle of the humanity, and the second most populated continent. West Africa has suffered from lack of infrastructure and healthcare. This handicap is characterised by the weather knowing that the west in close to the equator. The tropical climate bring a lot of mosquitos, wich brings malaria to the children and the women. One of the major need are the number of doctors is low. Most African countries import their medicine from the exterior: Ex Europe, India, Middle east theses countries just provide the medicine to the sub sahara region. The lack of technology for example,the Infrared thermography (IRT) used to determined if someone has cancer is not available in Africa due to the insufficiency of money.This cause a big gap between fortunate who can travel and get treat overseas and the who can not afford the tremendous cost. The importance of coming in help to West African healthcare is to develop strong relationship, because in some way if their healthcare is weak it can affect other continent. Some individual are willing to help the Africans countries. People are creating labs for African welfare. Big organization are currently providing heath supply to help treating diseases. African is well known for all the serious diseases it contain. with today 's world, and all the diseases Africa has suffered from a century of negligence toward healthcare. Even though West Africa is slowly getting on its feet after being

Satisfying these conditions requires creating partnerships with local health stakeholders to generate sustainable health services and long-term medical records. A primary strategy of prioritizing treatment for acute sicknesses and infectious diseases over chronic and non-infectious cases in the interim should be utilized. Basic medical screening will permit monitoring of potential epidemiological and nutritional issues, and can permit capacity building for early detection of outbreak and enabling rapid responses. Linking health interventions to DDR can take the form of many types of programming. Therefore choice of programs should be based off an analysis of the political and legal arrangements of peace protocols, and the specific nature of the conditions on the ground. Local health sectors should be represented in all established programs to oversee the health intervention from the earliest possible stage. Including and utilizing local health care providers can ensure that local public health concerns are taken into account when key planning decisions are made.

The early 1970s were watershed years for public health in emergencies. The Biafran War (in Nigeria), the 1970 cyclone in Bangladesh, and the sweeping famines in Africa deeply engaged the public health community in trying to meet the need for impartial and effective medical aid. The use of epidemiologic methods to reduce civilian morbidity and mortality in mass emergencies began in earnest at this time.4,5 This period also saw the engagement of health care practitioners in the elaboration of international norms on ethics, human rights, and humanitarian law in emergency settings.6-8

Sierra Leone was the area highest hit by Ebola currently as of the 17th of January, 2016 out 15216 laboratory confirmed cases 8705 of those were from Sierra Leone. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016) It not been where this Ebola outbreak started but when it got there, it hit the area hard. More cases steadily showed up until its peak somewhere around October to December of 2014. The cases from there quickly declined and the outbreak settled down. On November 7th of 2015, the World Health Organization officially declared Sierra Leone Ebola free. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016) This outbreak was unfortunately hard to control with little knowledge and preparation to be available to deal with it in

Within the scholarship of Africa, it have become common for groups to have been boxed into the categorization of being a contrasting “other” to those of the “Western world.” This includes the examination of the many systems of care that intersect within local communities. This became especially evident during the colonization, and frequently the subjugation, of many regions of the African continent. These events cannot simple be placed within simple groups of either good or bad, but is more representative of a sliding scale of both negative and positive effects on African healthcare. When these Western approaches are placed within the existing systems of local care, a negotiation between these two must be debated. This include considerations

Ethiopia has a population of over 104 million people and life expectancy is on the lower side at approximately 65 years. The fertility rate is

Policy makers use numerous tools to exert their power through public health. One way this is done is through Bourdieu’s concept of economic capital. This so called capital can be further broken down into three categories: cultural, social, and symbolic. For people in rural eastern Uganda, this capital allows them to reach total health which Meinert (200220) described as having a ‘good life.’ In this case the government who implements the policies would be exerting their power through the institutionalized portion of cultural capital. This would include things like degrees, certification, and qualifications. Without access to say an education the people in this community would suffer because they are lacking an important part that makes up their

The early history of Cote d'Ivoire is genuinely unknown, although it is thought that a Neolithic culture existed. France made its initial contact with Cote d'Ivoire in 1637 when missionaries landed at Assignee near the Gold Coast (now Ghana) border. Early contacts were limited to three missionaries due to the inhospitable coastline and settlers' fear of the population.

Senegal, a culture filled country, suffers greatly from poverty, meaning that many families may not be able to afford or have ways of getting knowledge of health care that could potentially save their lives. The red cross is one of the many organizations that provide assistance throughout Senegal, however, not everyone knows or has accesses to the Red Cross. Communication varies throughout Senegal bringing with it several life threatening things happening in Senegal including, street children, diseases, and cultural activities that is extremely dangerous for Senegalese citizens. Further acts should be put into place to provide all Senegalese people with information and ways of health care.

Health and wellness generally refers to being physically, mentally and socially well and an active process of making choices toward a more successful existence. Health and wellness in a physical level play particularly important roles in African history, as Africa is known to be a breeding ground for diseases such as malaria, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS. In addition, Africa’s underdeveloped situation in general has drawn many discussions on the hospitals, medicines, and treatment in Africa. These aspects are often tightly related to social, economic and political development in Africa. Therefore it is worthy of a discussion on the history of health and wellness in Africa, among which European colonialism in Africa has a huge impact.

“Ghana’s history is a metaphor for what occurred in the immediate aftermath of independence in Africa,” is a quote by Kofi Awoonor, Ghana’s leading literary figure and one of Africa’s most acclaimed authors. Three of his poems illustrate the hardships and trials that the Africans faced after their claim of independence from Britain. As said by Awoonor himself, “...high hopes were crushed by the greed, corruption, and lust for power…”. The author uses multiple literary devices as a way to emphasize the adversities they faced. Kofi Awoonor symbolizes the downfall of Ghana after independence through the use of theme, mood, and symbolism in his Three Poems.