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    What can two dollars buy you? A small coffee at Starbucks, a candy bar, bag of chips, and a soda, a slice of pizza. For nearly three billion people, approximately half of the world 's population, two dollars a day is all the money that the person has to live on. Moreover, of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion grow up in poverty; 640 million without adequate shelter, 400 millions with no access to safe water, and 270 million with no access to health services (UNICEF 2005). One proposed

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    maternal and infant health. Developing countries experience these inequalities with greater severity due to lack of infrastructure and resources, as is the case with many other global health issues For example, in Burundi, as of 2014, the urban infant mortality rate was 49 deaths per 1000 live births, while the rural infant mortality rate was 81. In 2014 in Laos had an urban infant mortality rate of 39 but a rural infant mortality rate of 85. Finally, in Bolivia in 2014, the urban infant mortality rate was

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    Mortality, Infant mortality, Causes of Death Economic growth has much improved the infant mortality rate though better healthcare facilities and living conditions. Japan has fallen to one of the world’s lowest infant mortality levels at 3.6 per 1,000 live births in 2006 (Saigusa, 2006). Infant mortality is largely affected by the health of the mother, which makes pre-natal health imperative in keeping infant mortality rates low. Since Japan offers health care

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    Health Promotion and Epidemiology--that captured my interest in Behavioral & Community Health Sciences. As I listened to experts speak intensively about effective communication with vulnerable population and ways to modify incidence, prevalence and mortality rates within the communities, I saw the possibilities of improving the quality of lives for many. My professors carried such genuine interest in educating us on various public health issues that by the end of the course, I was sure

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    Around the world, cultures have always had their own way of explaining the unknowable and answering the questionable. Rarely will any two people completely agree on what is normal and what is not. Anne Fadiman's book peers into this from a medical standpoint. "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down," identifies the differences and challenges presented when differing cultural perceptions of disease and their treatments collide. She explores the conflicts that arise when a Hmong child named Lia

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    According to the WHO “The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities- the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries” (WHO, 2013). The purpose of this short essay is to critically analyse the accuracy

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    Bangladesh is a small South Asian country that boarders the Bay of Bengal and India. Bangladesh is a developing nation that has experienced steady economic growth over a sustained period of time. However, economic growth alone does not make a nation fully developed. Using W.W. Rostow’s 5 stages of development1, the economy of Bangladesh will be analyzed and compared to the economy of the United States of America (USA). The development of Bangladesh will be determined using relevant economic and social

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    Adverse Birth Outcomes

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    Adverse birth outcomes (ABO), such as preterm and low-birth weight (LBW) are often reactions to the inhalation of nicotine or use of other substances, domestic violence and poor dental hygiene resulting in gum disease. Other association has been linked to the attributes of socioeconomic status (SES), education level and occupation status on birth outcomes, as well. With these causes showing both biological and sociological consequences, it is then not surprising the effects that can be seen in all

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    that there be universal access to contraceptives that women so desperately need around the world. For instance, Gates talks about her time in Africa where she met many women who did not have access to birth control. As a result, there are high infant mortality rates and children that survive are often sick with diseases and struggle with poverty and hunger. When women use contraceptives and are allowed to control when they want children, the children have better futures and opportunities ahead of them

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    health care is dramatically different in both countries. The money spent on health care brings about different data with regards to which country has the best health outcome. The patient-physician relationship in each country is different. The infant mortality rate, obesity, smoking and life expectancy also show how each country differs from each other. The use of electronic health records and ways of containing costs is changing the health care system in each country. The design and effectiveness

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