Global Health Agendas And Domestic Government 's Health Policies

A macro perspective on health policy issues can be helpful to identify how problems become policy issues and how these issues result in the creation of health care policy. The neglected epidemic of Chronic Disease also known as non- communicable diseases are a controversial issue that needs to be addressed in the world. In this paper, the writer will provide an explanation of how this issue has resulted from a policy’s creation. Identify the steps in the state and federal policy development process. Furthermore, differentiate between policy development and implementation. Also, explain how stakeholders become involved in the process and why their voices often become a driver for change in health policy.

Globalization involves the movement of people, food, goods from one place to another. And in the process of countries integrating, people and goods move from one location to another. In as much as there is positive impact for people, goods and services to move from one country to another. There are chances that the people, goods and service in a county can be infected and taken across the border to another country. In the course of globalization people move from one country to another and they might have contacted diseases or the product that they are carrying across the border. Diseases such as AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria are the top among the list of the disease that is usually carried by people. But just as globalization increases the frequency and ease with which diseases can move around the world, it also can improve access to the medicines, medical information, and training that can help treat or cure these diseases. Drug companies and governments now have the ability to ship drugs to remote parts of the world affected by outbreaks of diseases. There are various options that can be used to lower the spread of global disease. Most countries usually have screening borders to check the people, food and

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act invoked a $75 millon dollar demonstration project known as the Medicad Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration that was amended in section 2707 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The change seemed to be just what the nation needed, however, there was fine print added to the amendment that changed the interpretation. The fine print stated, patients who are on Medicaid from the ages of 21-65 seeking inpatient mental health care can receive treatment under the law. However, the inpatient facility will receive no

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.

There are alarming health inequities within many countries. For example, in the United States of America, African Americans represent only 12% of the population but account for almost half of all new HIV infections. There is no biological or genetic reason for these alarming differences in health. I did not know about the depth of these inequities and disparities (World Health Organization, 2011). I have also learned that equity in health or social determinants of health approach gives an in-depth and critical analysis to look into the complex web of socio-economic and political factors behind poor health conditions and outcomes among populations and communities in developing and developed countries. Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health (hereafter closing the gap), addresses many of the same issues as does the health and human rights community (Chapman,

World health Organization (WHO) defines health policy as the decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society. Health policies defines all the health care priorities, and establish a system of well-planned interventions to achieve better health outcomes. Governments with adequate policy capacity have ‘the ability to develop policy that is aligned with resources in pursuit of goals’ (Greer, Wismar and Figueras 2016: 39). Health policies always designed to targets specific diseases, to control certain determinant of health, or to generally provide a healthy life-style

In the article “Perspectives on Global Healthcare” written by Marlena Seibert Primeau was published in April 2016. The biggest question of this article concerned about is perspectives on global healthcare. First of all, the author mentioned the historical perspective of healthcare. There are two different points of view on the historical perspective of healthcare: nation’s view of individual health and the development of its healthcare system as a whole. Lead into that the professional nursing has been modeled by historical events. For example, “Florence Nightingale’s response to the needs of the Crimean war soldiers to the experiences of the nurses in Louisiana and Mississippi who worked in nursing homes during Hurricane Katrina”, the author

30 short years after declaring independence from Britain, The Sierra Leone Civil War began in 1991 and concluded in 2002. The war left the country in disarray, with little government authority and resources to rebuild. Foreign aid quickly rushed into the country, including the WASH sector that lacked coordination and focus. This made the country highly dependent on foreign aid to continue building efforts of sanitation materials. In 2006, an estimated 30 percent of people in Sierra Leone had access to improved sanitation and only 17 percent in rural areas. The inadequate sanitation rates play a major role in Sierra Leone’s high under-5-mortality rate, which is one of the highest in the world at 182 deaths per 1,000 live births. Sanitation

According to the local context, each country should also set their own targets for reducing the gaps in health or other development outcomes between different groups of their societies so that resource allocation may go towards the most

According to the World Health Organization, health policy comprises of the decisions, plans and activities carried out in a community to attain certain specific goals in health care. Through the policy, it is easy to set a vision for the future. It also helps in setting targets and establishing points of reference to assess performance both in the short run and in the long-term (Patel and Rushefsky 2014). With a well-formulated health policy, it is easy to prioritize objectives and determine the role of each of the team members in achieving the goals (Starfield and Shi 2002). It is crucial as an educational tool as well as a channel of building consensus among various groups. Due to the discovered impact of the healthcare policy in the attainment

The Ebola virus made Sierra Leone one of it’s biggest victims as it spread across West Africa. It is no doubt due to the Ebola epidemic that Sierra Leone’s demographic pressure remained fragile according to the index. According to the World Health Organization, Sierra Leone acted according to protocol, yet outbreak was eminent. It is here where the deficiency in public services correlating with the demographic pressures in Sierra Leone becomes most evident. The quality healthcare in Sierra Leone might have improved but it is still in need. Although control was implemented eventually, lives were still taken due to the severe shortage of public services and the lack of quality health care in Sierra Leone. Infection spread to nearly 23,000 in West Africa since the outbreak in March 2014. A handle has been taken on the epidemic, mostly contributed to the slight improvement in Sierra Leone recently as well as foreign intervention- ironically enough from former colonizer Great Britain. Unfortunately, controversy has plagued Sierra Leone on behalf of Ebola outbreak efforts. Not only does the WHO claim that “today, Sierra Leone’s most urgent needs include opening up more Ebola care facilities- which means more trained staff to meet a severe shortage” but CNN reports that there has been a severe misappropriation of funds regarding Ebola aid. Although it may be appropriate to acclaim the audits of Sierra Leone for recognizing such misappropriation, one cannot neglect to understand that corruption and capacity failure in the structure of Sierra

Global health is not a topic we often speak of. In fact, it is mostly forgotten or ignored. But as with any event of international stature, it is important for us to understand and acknowledge. Global health has many facets, and I encourage each of you to find a topic that inspires you. Whether those inspirations be small donations or large movements towards change, find something and let it move you. We overlook the headlines in the news talking about mass genocides or rising HIV epidemics. Why? Because numbers mean nothing to us. When choosing a topic, nothing is more important than remembering that those numbers you are reading about are brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, people. Humanizing these sufferings leads to a connection and empathy.

Holtz, C. (2008). Global health in developed societies: United States. Global health care: Issues and policies (pp. 1-21). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

One factor to take into consideration when comparing and contrasting global health care issues is at what rate our countries increasing by in their populations and how healthy the country is living. When doing a comparison including the following, USA, UK, and Canada, the US has steadily been first, then Canada and then the UK. The US has also spent the most money on health care, with Canada coming in second and the UK coming in third, but the US has come in dead last between the three, with UK second and Canada first for the duration of a human life span.

Social and health related inequalities are clearly evident in advanced nations alongside those who are slowly developing. Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage, as well as political instability in some countries, definitely contribute to the declination of health. The three core functions of public health (assessment, policy development, and assurance), assist public health workers in the process of analyzing and solving these health problems. However, change begins with the construct of policy development. This important sector involves: