Since globalization is inevitable there will always be challenges that occur in result. One of the most pressing and widely discussed it the impact globalization has on public health. The spread of illnesses through movement of people, goods, and food is more prevalent due to the increases in technology and population. Should steps be taken to limit the flow of goods, food, and people? The importing and exporting of goods and food has always been and will always be. This is the same with international travel, due to advancements in technology more people can travel to more places at faster speeds. Reducing these flows could ultimately place a negative impact on economies of many countries big and small. Some states rely on export of a certain food or for tourists to provide …show more content…
There needs to be more options for health and safety without the restricting the movement of the above mentioned. There are many options that can help to reduce the spread of global diseases. One of the biggest is immunizations. This is probably the most important in the halting of certain illnesses. If the price of these immunizations were to be cut significantly it could help millions around the world instead of padding the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. Lowering the costs would ensure that everyone who is in need can get the protection they deserve. Access to affordable healthcare is another issue for most. Not having financial means should never be a reason to pass on an exam, but we see it every day. If healthcare cannot be provided the public should be educated on diseases and basic sanitary habits. Providing the masses with these tools can prevent so much. A community should set plans for a possible outbreak so that it can be contained and
Thirdly, globalization has also effects on human socially, in their cultural and way of thinking. As countries always need to corporate with each other when they do some investment or business together, as neighbors engage in communication to determine their shared goals, and how they wish to live. Therefore globalization allows humanity to work together as a team towards noble goals rather than as individuals grasping to meet their own needs. Countries can bond to each others more closely. This way, interacting between different races and religion facilitates and we can understand
Globalization has had both a positive and negative impact throughout the world. An interconnectedness within the world where complicated issues can arise creating an unevenness that can contribute to a societies as well as the individuals happiness in life (El-Ojelli, 2006:p1). The negative impacts of
Good health for all people has turned out to be an acknowledged global objective and the records reveal that there have been extensive achievements in life expectancy over the past century. However, there has been persistence in health disproportions between affluent and deprived despite the fact that the prospects for upcoming health trends depend more and more on the latest processes of globalization. In the previous times, globalization has frequently been observed as an economic process comparatively. At the present times, however, it is progressively perceived as a wide-ranging trend fashioned by a multitude of aspects and incidents that are restructuring and changing the format of our society swiftly (Huynen, Martens & Hilderink, 2005).
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
The term globalization can be defined as a process by which societies, regional economies and cultures have been integrated via a global network of transportation, communication and trade. It has both positive and negative impacts in all the areas that it touches on be it economical, social, technology, cultural, political, environment, health or any other. Globalization started to have an impact on businesses world wide in the eighteenth century since that time marks the merging of modernity and globalization. However, in the modern sence, globalization kicked off after the end of Second World War since its during that time that leaders felt the urge to break down the borders
The way diseases spread is fairly uniform from disease to disease, interaction with foreign land or those who dwell on that land. Thus, foreign trade and travel, boat, ship, land, or plane, is a crucial tool in the spread of a disease, turning it into a national or even worldwide
Studies have shown that childhood immunizations nonmedical exemptions have been increasing in many states. This issue creates a public treat. With the utmost concern, when a public treat continues to be a challenge for the public health, further actions on the policy level need to be initiated and actively maintained to ensure public safety. Growing concern shows that higher incidents of nonmedical exemptions calls for new and improved health policies that can lower theses occurrences. New and innovative approaches need to be implemented in order to ensure diseases that are preventable by vaccinations do not impose health threat to the public.
Globalization has an enormous effect on our community’s health. In pursuing my bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with a concentration in Health and Fitness, I consistently witness and research the problems of our town’s well-being. Various aspects of globalization that impact us are mass production of foods, technological advances that make us sedentary, and our cultural backgrounds. With this town ranging from lower income families to middle class, we have a wide variety of health issues. There are many unhealthy, fast-food chains that are easily accessible and convenient to us as a whole. Maria Jerskey’s book, Globalization: A Reader for Writers has some excellent articles than can relate to our community and help us better understand these effects.
The current rise in Zika cases in one square mile of Miami Florida is enough for the Governor to issue a statement that it is still safe for people, which is another way of saying tourists, to come to Florida to spend their money. The full impact of Zika on the number of tourists and athletes travelling to Rio-de-Janeiro for the Summer Olympics won’t be known for another couple of weeks. And that is for a health concern that is well known, publicized and tracked. So people will be more careful to avoid mosquitos, get more tests, potentially delay pregnancies or avoid the potential “hot zones”. What of other concerns which people don’t know about, can’t so easily avoid, or are taken as “it will not happen to me”. You can’t test for everything all the time. The logistical, cost and privacy concerns of sharing medical data mean that the health care system is mostly reactive. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. There are some cases where the system can be proactive – for example “That’s a conflict zone so make sure to do more testing for X, Y and Z.” For the most part I think that the increase connectivity from globalization also brings the ability to detect, and react to, diseases faster than ever before. It also brings increased publicity from a news cycle that emphasises and seems to magnify bad news. That is where the balance between being increasingly aware of a health concern and the potential shocks from being increasing able to shift capital and travel. As part of the wave analogy, just accept that a shock is going to happen and figure out how you can best ride the wave. The key is to have a system that is on the lookout for these waves because they will keep coming. The adaptability and tenacity of viruses and bacteria in nature is
In the past few years, the global health community has seen quite a few outbreaks – from the heavily publicized Ebola Virus in the West, to the most recent international cases of MERS in the East. Different governments handle outbreaks of communicable diseases - infectious diseases transmissible by direct contact with an affected individual - with varying degrees of success. With the Ebola epidemic, a stark contrast is apparent between the response of a highly resourced developed world and that of an underdeveloped nation. Even between
I think that there should be stricter regulations all around the world in order to avoid negative impacts on public health. Obviously every country has different regulations and different approaches regarding immigration and health. Nevertheless, in order to improve global health, every country should improve and implement regulations about imported food in the country and they should also do health check for every person that enter a country even though it is a huge amount of work and time. Importation of food has to be controlled and well managed. There are countries that do not check luggage for food and are not strict. This attitude can have severe impact on the population. By implementing these aspects, public health will see significant improvements. Unfortunately, there are many old infectious diseases that are starting spreading in Europe thanks to the uncontrollable flow of immigration from Africa and other countries. But it is not too late to take the right precautions and avoid further spread of infectious diseases and death.
Globalization is a major issue in our world today. But it can be seen through many different perspectives, some see it as a negative thing, but some people also see the positives within it and some people have mixed views. Globalization is the spreading of different views, this can political views, social views, and economic views being spread throughout the world where it once wasn’t present. Globalization shapes the way people live and what they do on a day to day basis, or what’s going on around them like technological advancement. Globalization affects everyone, what we do, what we eat all shapes our individual and collective identities.
Globalization has both positive and negative effects about one of the major concerns, health. The health care is primarily affected by globalization is through the increasing and worsening of internationalization of various health risks. However, if you will have to define the terms and other dimensions of the health risks such as;
Globalization is important to understand in order to determine what worked in the past and can be successful again in the future. Our many cultures, ideals and growing technology form together to create an extremely global world. We use products that were made on the other side of the world, and are taxed on practically everything. Whether the effects of our global society is good or bad, there’s no doubt that the world is constantly changing and impacting our livelihoods, so we must adapt accordingly in order to succeed.
Nigeria is a lower-middle-income country located in western Africa. Nigeria is one of the fastest growing populations in the world today, growing at a rate of 3.2 percent annually (United States Agency for International Development, 2017). The combination of low income and large population introduces many developmental challenges that Nigeria must overcome in order to decrease individual health risk and increase quality of life. The development of Nigeria is not just effected by health factors but also resource, economic, and governmental limitations. In order to overcome all of these challenges in countries such as Nigeria, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were developed by the