West Africa 's Struggle With Health Care

Without enough doctors and medicine 60.8% of rural population and 39.2% of Urban population lack proper medical care. (“Zambia.”). A common disease that last all year is Malaria, it is a very deadly disease and is caused by the bite of infected mosquitoes. Over a year an approximant amount of 4 million of the population are infected and 8,000 die “Resources.”. Malnutrition is also a problem that needs a solution. This is a result of poverty and not having the right amount of resources for the correct foods and nutrition that your body needs “Log

This Ebola outbreak taught us many factors of public health that we simply ignore daily, like washing hands. These viruses are easily transmitted from person to person, through their blood or body-fluids. Therefore it is very important to research about our public health around us, for everyone’s health and future. The Ebola outbreak showed how the world is very ignorant of their public health. It is better for them to know all of these tragedies and educate themselve to prevent from any other outbreaks that will take place in the future. The plan to release more information and persuade to adjust West African culture will definitely make public healthier, view the world differently, and our future generations will learn the importance of learning

The main reason to send health care professionals is to help heal those who are suffering from these diseases. As of recently, the Ebola Epidemic has spread across the world, mainly

The pressing cancer epidemic in the heart of Botswana has signified the necessity for adequate biomedical technologies and personnel within African hospitals. The Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana is notorious for the medical contributions of Dr. P, a German oncologist, and its indoctrination of the Batswana notion of universal health care. As the statistic for cancer diagnosis ceases to decrease, the PMH staff has come to acknowledge their limited access to resources and their deficit of staff members. The implications of the cancer epidemic suggest that the biosocial conditions of developing nations can be attributed to their poor economic status, along with adverse political affairs such as corruption in the government.

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

The Angolan government has lowered the health-budget over-and-over again. With the government relying solely on its oil production, once the oil “runs out” the income of Angola will decrease rapidly. It truly does not take a large amount of new discoveries or money to prevent, easily curable, diseases such as: malaria, typhoid fever, or malnutrition. Nurses that work in any hospital of Angola should be trained, correctly. Many children are dying due to a small group of officials abusing their power to keep the money for themselves. Though there are still many technicalities, if all nations step up as one, in order to eliminate poverty and prevent deaths from curable diseases. If those with power continue to make poor decisions, the end result will not be positive. What can you do to help this

The lack of basic health services in large parts of the world allows diseases like Ebola to spread due to a lack of early warning. Primary health care services, laboratories and critical care facilities are necessary to alert the world that an outbreak of a dangerous disease is ongoing. In addition

Initially, extended research on the development of diagnostics and treatment should be prioritised, alongside the funding of scientific laboratories by domestic and international initiatives. Furthermore, national and international organisations ought to cooperate, so as to strengthen the health system of the affected states and provide urgent financial and material support in territories, which seek immediate attention. In addition, it is vital that men and women, the most and least privileged people and vulnerable groups have equal access to primary health care. Basic education on disease prevention, especially in developing and underdeveloped countries should also be enhanced. Only with the united action of all states around the world could we maintain lives of dignity, even when social integrity is

Government officials in Africa argue the inefficient response during the critical threshold and the amount of money spent on establishing an American health care system parallels the imperialism movement and has left the countries vulnerable to future outbreaks, indebt and currently still unprepared. The monetary “loans” less than half of which actually reached affected countries last year failed to educate the public, this raises the question of owing money that was not distributed to tackle immediate threats but attempted to repair years of corruption and unstable healthcare foundations. In this sense America has years of compiling

The most soverely affected countries , Guinea, Sierra Leon and Liberia have very weak health systems, lacking human and infracstructural resources, having only recently emerged from long periods of conflict and instablity. On Agust 8 the WHO Director general declared this outbreack a public health emergency of international consern.

Health care in third-world/developing countries is vastly different than that health care in first-world/developed countries. In 1994, AZT became the first approved treatment for HIV. Pertinent studies showed that prenatal administration of AZT to HIV positive pregnant and subsequent postnatal administration to their babies resulted in a reducing mother to infant transmission from 25% to 8%. This change in the course of such a devastating illness helped to alter the mindset that having HIV was a death sentence. AZT was shown to slow the spread HIV significantly. It is important to note that AZT cannot stop the spread of HIV completely, but it is a viable treatment method that attempts to control and slow the condition.

In Southern Africa, the health systems also struggle with governmental inefficiencies. An example of this can been seen when examining the story of a doctor from Botswana in the early 2000’s. Ndwapi Ndwapi was born and raised in Botswana, but attended medical school in the United States (Hilts). When Ndwapi returned to Botswana in order to work, even though he was specialized, he was forced to follow the government’ health system and start working at a low ranking job. Not only was this a low ranking job but also the pay was $2,500 a year, which was significantly less than he could have made working in the United States. Initially this caused Ndwapi to be angry and frustrated, but he stuck with it because he understood that there was a great need for physician in his country, especially ones that understood

Unfortunately, Ethiopia is considered to be a country living in poverty. However, Ethiopians are continuously striving towards perfecting their country. The people of Ethiopia are determined to rise above the challenges and put forth the effort to fix their state of poverty. In the following portfolio, the author will compare and contrast the key features in Ethiopia, observe the future challenges and directions that health care is striving to achieve, and describe the key contributions that help improve the health status in Ethiopia. Also, we will discuss the key organizations that will help Ethiopia overcome these future challenges.

Global Health has evolved over time in response to inequities resulting from racial, ethnic, economic, and other disparities among the world’s population. The World Health Organization and other global health response organizations, as well as individual governments define and gather relevant statistics that can assess a nations overall health status as compared to that of other nations. In doing so, the comparisons identify countries with high levels of negative health outcomes, how well they are being addressed, and what social, political, and economic factors contribute to such health disparities. South Africa is a nation that has complex health care needs and shortcomings even though it is the second wealthiest nation in Africa.

There are concerns about the death rate in Zimbabwe. The infant mortality rate is very high and the death rate is generally high compared to other developing nations within the African continent. There are serious issues about the high death rate in the country. This has a lot to do with the actualization of individual rights to health and medical attention by their government. The concern also extends to the safety of the medical environment and facilities such as hospitals and research and treatment centers. Indeed, there is a major problem concerning the availability of resources to achieve all these as well as the intention to do so as well (Ndlovu, 2011). It is critical that at all times, there be a situation of guaranteed standards in such institutions. The health of the community is indeed affected by the policy decisions made by the government. While it may be difficult to completely rule out external factors that lead to such issues in death rates and infant mortality rates; the government ought to make steps to end such a trend.