Consequences Of Low Concentration Utilization

Famine has been declared in South Sudan, and is an imminent risk in Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria. Save the Children have responded to the crisis by providing food aid and cash transfers, Emergency Health Units to treat children suffering from severe malnutrition, as well as clean drinking water and technical assistance to governments to support their responses. Save the Children’s response improves health and human development by ensuring children have access to sufficient food and clean drinking water to meet their needs. This reduces the incidence of water-borne diseases and related morbidity rates. Save the Children work to treat the high malnutrition rates in conflict and drought affected countries where resources are limited. Malaria treatment and prevention measures are also available in countries such as Nigeria, ensuring health access to those living in severe poverty. These control measures are vital for preventing an increase in malaria cases across

As a social worker, one could aim to connect health care facilities in Zambia, where 1 in 5 children are dying from malaria, to Doctors without Borders, a resource sharing the privileges of modern medicine with participating countries (Harrison, et al., 2005). The doctors participating could provide the local doctors with new information on healthcare and possible prevention methods for contracting malaria including updated vaccinations and treatment. This would connect those without access to such resources to good healthcare and promote social justice by potentially decreasing the child mortality rate of children with

“Amazima provides physicals, HIV testing and counseling, basic hygiene education, malaria prevention, malnutrition rehabilitation, and medical financial assistance for many individuals.” Amazima opened numerous clinics for the residents of Uganda. These clinics provide basic medical care and work together in teaching the people in the area how to care for themselves. Numerous diseases are rearing in Uganda and with these clinics, the number of sick people has diminished greatly. Even though the clinics are not able to treat very serious medical issues, they do refer them to larger hospitals who can meet their needs and give them the medical attention they require. Through these clinics the team of doctors and nurses are able to offer love and hope to people who have never been shown such kindness. Not only do they cure them, but they also leave a positive life changing impact on each person’s life that they are able to treat (“Medical

The number of children affected by Malaria is growing, and due to the lack of medical assistance, that number will continue to escalate if left untreated. Nurses and other medical personnel have the power to introduce a positive impact on a country so affected by diseases. Nurses, who travel over to Africa with the intent of helping these people, create the opportunity to improve the health of the population in the area. Nurses not only have the power to cure those that are sick and prevent future outbreaks but they also have the ability to educate people and provide medical supplies to poverty stricken areas.

This article is a case study about the non-profit NGO Midwives for Haiti, specifically looking into the task shifting models that have been used in low-resource countries such as Zaire, Ethiopia and Haiti. Task shifting is basically the rational and appropriate redistribution of specific tasks from highly qualified health workers to lower-level health workers. This helps to use available human resources efficiently, as the lower-level health workers can help to satisfy necessary health needs with shorter training time and fewer qualifications. This organization specifically trains skilled birth attendants and uses various methods, such as mobile prenatal clinics, to provide skilled prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum care to rural women

On the global front, there are various community health professionals collaborating with the World Health Organizations or UNICEF to create a better health in their communities. Some examples in this scenario are the fight against malaria and cholera in many African

The CDC has partnered with various institutions to help with this implementation, including the World Health Organization (WHO), The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), The World Bank, and the United Nations Foundation (UNF). This collaboration among all of these institutions allows for the improvement of health by encouraging the sharing of health knowledge so that global trends can be detected and compared, exploring how and when to utilize health resources that are considered scarce when there is a health crisis occurring, and involving different specialties and levels of expertise within these institutions to improve global health practices. Moreover, the collaboration between the CDC and specific health institutions, such as the WHO can also further advance this improvement of health, but in varying

The Health Extension Program was launched in 2003. The program’s objectives: “Reach the poor and deliver preventive and basic curative high-impact interventions to all of the Ethiopian population ... This program is a government-led community health service delivery program to improve access to and utilization of preventives, wellness, and basic curative services” (The World Bank, 2011). An estimated 30,000 community health workers are needed in order to make this program successful (The World Bank, 2011). These community health workers are placed in rural communities across Ethiopia. During their time in these communities, they provide high quality health services for the poor, women, and children (The World Bank, 2011). This health extension program focuses on four major areas and can provide up to 17 different packages that help healthcare reach the poor and to also address inequities that may be experienced (The World Bank, 2011). These four areas area; hygiene and environmental sanitation, disease prevention and control, family health services, and health education and communication (The World Bank, 2011). In 2013, one more major area of focus was added: the community based newborn care program (CBNC) (UNICEF, 2016). After implementation of these programs, The World Bank States: “Coverage of maternal

The purpose of this paper is to create a health profile of the country of Malawi identifying the state of the overall health of the country based on specific health issues. Malawi has a population of 15,263,000. The average lifespan for males is 44 years and the average lifespan for females is 51 years. The leading causes of death in Malawi are HIV/AIDS, Lower Respiratory Infections, Malaria, Diarrheal Disease, and Perinatal Conditions. Infant mortality has a rate of 58 deaths for every 1,000 live births (Bowie, 2006).

Partners in Health are a very unique organization because they send their professional staff to the countries in need of desperate help. Their main goal is to help the world’s poorest and sickest communities which are why they are on a mission to transform global health, one patient at a time. Whether it is Rwanda or Zimbabwe, Partners in Health travel to help out the countries that are most in need by delivering food or administering vaccinations. They care for patients in their homes and communities. Partners in Health aid these countries in numerous ways through priority programs; a couple priority programs include Ebola, mental health, child health, and cholera. Since they are an NGO, they rely heavily on donations from people around the

Organizations such as UNICEF are working to improve the health of children worldwide (“Health”). They are among one of many who are fighting the fight against poverty. UNICEF has made lots of significant progress in immunization, improving child health with community-based treatments, and many other things (“Health”). Without organizations like UNICEF children worldwide would not be receiving the necessary

Humanitarian aid to Africa works to address critical issues facing underprivileged communities. Ghana receives the humanitarian aid that helps provide the quality of healthcare and nutrition for children in need by partnering with the rural villages to implement sustainable solutions for the community growth. Although Ghana has made great strides with its low cost health insurance policies for both the rural and urban communities, preventable diseases such as malaria, cholera, respiratory infections and diarrhea are among the many illness causes of death, particularly the young

The knowledge I acquired through the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s undergraduate Public Health degree has prepared me to become an ideal candidate for the position of Director of the World Health Organization. To most people, “health” is often synonymous with individual care, such as doctors and nurses. However, the socioecological model states that health is a product of various components. Many forget that public policy, communities, organizations, economics, and our environment has an impact on our health. By focusing on these aspects in conjunction with individual health, we can create programs and initiatives that better serve the needs of our populations. Therefore, I believe as the Director of the World Health Organization, I can exceed these responsibilities due to my public health background.

This prevailing impact prevents people from having the means to safeguard their health by regularly follow up with primary care for disease prevention. One study analyzed the conservation and development of Madagascar in the past thirty years. The research utilized data collected from online databases and government website to run a tracking progress report on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The first six of the goals ties directly to the Human Development Index that covers issues of poverty, gender equality, maternal health, education, child mortality, and malaria disease. For instance, Madagascar was regarded as ranking number one in the world for having large portion of working force still living in poverty. Health outlook on Malaria was concerning as well, ranking 33rd out of the 188 countries in prevalence rate. The interpreting result on these six issues shows either slow progress or no improvement comparing to the rest of the developing nations (“Madagascar 30

Malaria is an ancient disease. The name itself traces its origins to Medieval Italian: “mal aria” or bad air referred to a swampy area of Rome known as the Pontina that saw very high infection rates (Beltz, 2011). To this day, the disease continues to be one of the most important parasitic infections known to man. According to the World Health Organization, 3.4 million people may be considered at risk on a global scale and estimates indicate that there were 207 million cases in 2012 with 627,000 deaths (WHO, 2013). More than 85% of these cases occur on the continent of Africa as well as 90% of the deaths. In highly endemic regions, malaria is more of an issue of morbidity than mortality, although the majority of individuals may be parasitized at any given time only a minority exhibit severe symptoms (Marsh & Snow, 1997). Instead these countries are at a significant economic disadvantage due to ill workers, lack of tourism and company investments, not to mention the educational loss future generations also incur.