Compare And Contrast The Us And Rwanda

The United States has a life expectancy of 78 years old, Sweden has a life expectancy of 81 years. This is strange because America has to pay for its healthcare but we still die sooner. In Sweden, everybody is covered for healthcare,while 15% of Americans don't have healthcare. They have public hospitals that everybody goes to and everybody gets treated the same. There are rumors that healthcare costs so much more for Americans because we are to unhealthy here and we spend more time in hospitals, but we actually spend much less time in hospitals than in Sweden. Everything

Why are Some Nations Rich and Others Poor? Introduction Over the years, a nation’s economy will change drastically and, due to a large variety of factors, there are now countries who are significantly wealthier than others. These factors range from lack of education, to lack of natural resources and all of them notably effect the economy of a country.

The United States of America, the self-proclaimed sole remaining superpower, often touts that it is the greatest nation in the world. Yet, when the data is analyzed, this claim is proven time and time again to be wrong, whether it is math or science, literacy or numbers, household income or workforce. Time and time again, and the numbers continue to slip. Healthcare is no exception. In 2012, the United States ranked thirty-second worldwide in life expectancy (Avendano and Kawachi 2014). Of the thirty-four Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations in 2010, the United States ranked twenty-sixth in infant mortality (MacDorman et al. 2010). In a 1998 study of thirteen developed nations (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States), the United States ranked, on average, twelfth. The rankings for the United States on each of the sixteen health indicators was: thirteenth for low-birth-weight percentages; thirteenth for neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall; eleventh for post neonatal mortality; thirteenth for years of potential life lost (excluding external causes); eleventh for life expectancy at one year for females and twelfth for males; tenth for life expectancy at fifteen years for females and twelfth for males; tenth for life expectancy at forty years for females and ninth for males; seventh for life expectancy at sixty-five years for

Rwanda is a country located in Central Eastern Africa, with an extensive history of colonization, after Belgium attained control in 1924. Belgium’s rule however also marked the beginning of a lengthy ethnic rivalry between the Hutu and the Tutsi people. Belgium favored the Tutsi the minority at 14 percent of the population over the Hutu, the majority at 85 percent, simply because the Tutsis were more resembling of the Europeans. “Colonial policy helped to intensify bipolar differentiation between Tutsi and Hutu, by inscribing “ethnic” identification on identity cards, by relegating the vast majority of Hutu to particularly onerous forms of forced cultivation and corvee, and by actively favoring Tutsi in access to administrative posts, education, and jobs in the modern sector,” (Newbury, 12). Belgium’s control fueled the Hutu’s resentment towards the Tutsis because the Tutsis received superior treatment for decades. Thus, when Rwanda finally acquired independence in 1962, the Hutus fought for control over the government, highlighting the first warning sign of the genocide to come. Many Tutsis were killed afterwards, while many others fled to neighboring countries to escape the violence.

Rwanda is a country located in the middle of the African continent. The two ethnic groups present in the country lived in peace under their monarch until the arrival of Europeans. The Belgians arrival into Rwandan is what split the two ethnic groups of the Tutsi and Hutus, making them identify themselves with ID cards. This caused tension between the two groups as the Belgians favored the ethnic Tutsi, and made them the head of the government. Decade’s later Hutu extremists would take over the government and have revenge on the Tutsi. The new government would send out broadcasts calling on Hutus to kill their friends and neighbors. The Rwandan genocide would become the worst genocide to ever happen in Africa and one of the worst in the world. Today Rwanda’s recovery is surprisingly fast with the help of multiple nations and organizations. Rwanda’s recovery is nothing short of a miracle and is an amazing story of a war between two peoples.

GDP is the calculation of the total goods and services produced in one year. It measures the economy's size and compares how the economy performs in other countries. GDP is measured in three different ways, as the value of goods and services produced, as domestically produced goods and services spending, and as a factor income from firms. With the value of goods and services produced, GDP is calculated by adding the goods and

Rwanda is located in East Africa. Rwanda has a population of 12 million people and only 23% of this population has access to the electric grid. Rwanda boarders with Burundi in the south, Democratic Republic of Congo in the west, Tanzania in the East and Uganda in the North. It is a small, densely populated country, with an area of 3/4 of the Netherlands. Rwanda belongs to the 20 poorest countries in the world. However, economic growth was high in recent years, and the prospects for further development are good (World Bank, 2015).

Gross Domestic Product or GDP, represents all the goods and services produced within a country’s borders. Measurement of gross domestic products is based on consumption, government spending (at all levels of government), investment, and exports minus imports. The formula for GDP is C + G + I + (X – M). (Colorado Technical University [CTU], 2016). According to the given information the formula for Country A the GDP would be

The organization Peterson-Kaiser have developed a global heath system tracker. One area of health that Peterson-Kaiser focuses it statistics on is life expectancy. They state, “Longer life expectancy can reflect success of the health system in preventing, treating, and curing illness, but can also reflect changes in social or environmental factors” (https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/indicator/health-well-being/life-expectancy/). According to the OECD library the United States life expectancy is 78.8 years with Japan’s life expectancy being the highest at 83.9 years, and the average being 82 years of life (OECD). Another excellent way to compare health outcomes is to look at mortality rates. To quote Peterson-Kaiser, “Decreasing mortality rates can reflect success of the health system in preventing, treating, and curing disease, but can also reflect changes in social or environmental factors” (https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/indicator/health-well-being/mortality-rate/). Peterson-Kaiser has used the OECD library of data to determine overall age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 population within developed countries of the world. When viewing the data the United States overall mortality rate was 826 per 100,000 people while the average was 723

I will compare the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda. I would also identify the aggressors, the target groups, the reasons why aggressors engaged in genocide. I will also explain what occurred, the attempts made to stop the genocide and by whom and analyze the outcomes. Last of all, contrast them. I will explain why it's so different.

William Hogan Research Paper Plan Title: Parallels between Holocaust and Rwandan Genocides Background Argument Counter Argument Rebuttal Conclusion Thesis: Genocide is important to understand so we can help prevent future violence on humanity. Political, cultural, economic, and ethnicity differences led to terrible modern day genocides in Rwanda and during the Holocaust. Parallels between the Holocaust and Rwandan genocides can be drawn from the role the state played in mobilizing, organizing, and allowing genocide to take place. 1st: 3-4 pages: synthesize and analyze research and give examples of genocide general, understanding, health, and Holocaust/Rwanda comparisons/differences.

Armenia has a population of 3 million, which is approximately 100 times less than that of the United States. Languages include the Armenian native language and Russian. The average life expectancy at birth of 73.5 years in 2012, which shows that Armenia has lower average expectancy life compared to the United States. The health care expenditure per capita in Armenia was 150 (Worldbank, n.d.). Estimated gross domestic product (GDP) was 4.5% between 2012 and 2013. According to the WHO, health care expenditures should be more than 6-9% of GDP (Tonoyan & Muradyan, 2012). During the same period, the infant mortality rate was 15%-18% per 1,000 people, which was about three times higher than that of the United States (Boslaugh, 2013; Worldbank,

The definition of GDP is composed of four parts. Firstly, we have to take into consideration the market value of the products. Froyen (2009) states that in order to gain the market value of the product we have to times the number of products produced the market by the prices they are traded at for e. g. Each unit of

Prior to colonial era, Rwanda had larger population of Hutus compared to Tutsis and Twa. Rwanda as a country was divided into three ethnic groups i.e. Hutu (approximately about 85%), Tutsi (14%) and Twa (1%) (United Nations). Although, Tutsis were the minorities, they belonged to the higher strata compared to the other ethnic groups; Tutsis were privileged and had power and control over the Hutus and Twas. “Hutus were formerly bound to their Tutsi patrons via client ship” (Sinema, 2012). When Rwanda was colonized by Germany followed by Belgium, they favored Tutsis as they represented the upper class prior to the colonization. These created a social system like feudal system where there was a power difference between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Tutsis were considered as lord and the Hutus on the other hand, were considered as peasants. As a consequence, this created an ethic tension between the Hutus and the Tutsis and created a system more like apartheid. Nonetheless, they managed to co exist in Rwanda until they were decolonized. Although there is no social distinction between the Hutus and the Tutsis, the conflict between these tribes increased tremendously after the independence from Belgian that led to mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Tutsi by the Hutu.

Medical knowledge is less than adequate in these societies, leading to much illness and a very high death rate. The infant mortality rate is overwhelmingly high, which is a reason for the high birth rates. Many infants do not make it through their first year of life before they get deathly ill - most of them do eventually die from their illness. The medical technology of modern society is so expensive to third world countries, making it extremely difficult for their society to stay healthy. Life expectancy is about 40-45 years in traditional societies.