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Global Health GLOBAL HEALTH 1 Age at death and disability

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For understanding the exact condition, there is a need of considering the age at death and the degree of disability (Fitzmaurice et al. It also critically analyses whether disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) is the correct measurement tool for the understanding burden of diseases. As reported by World Health Organisation, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) across the population can be considered as a measurement of the gap generated between the present health status and the perfect health situation

Global Health GLOBAL HEALTH 1 Age at death and disability

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1Running head: GLOBAL HEALTH Global Health Name of student:Name of university:Author note:
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2 GLOBAL HEALTH 1.The global burden of disease is accumulating, and it is becoming increasingly difficultto deliver high quality and effective care to patients at present. For understanding the exactcondition, there is a need of considering the age at death and the degree of disability(Fitzmaurice et al. 2017). The present discussion highlights the difference between diseaseand illness. It also critically analyses whether disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) is thecorrect measurement tool for the understanding burden of diseases. The two terms ‘disease’ and ‘illness’ are often used interchangeably; however,distinct differences are there between these two interlinked terms. While the disease is theidentifiable condition that affects an organism, illness refers to the subjective negativeexperience coming with poor conditions of health. A disease is the abnormal condition thataffects the individual’s body and is to be referred to as a medical condition. It is more definedas a condition causing dysfunction, distress, pain and even death to the person. A personsuffering from a disease would develop corresponding symptoms. On the other hand, illnessis not to be considered as having symptoms as it is about the feelings of the patient. Thediscomfort or pain that the person experiences is the illness. It is a period of sicknessaffecting the mind and the body (Kassebaum et al. 2017). Pertinent literature indicates that an ageing population is the cause of rapidlyincreasing burden of diseases worldwide (Haagsma et al. 2016). As reported by World HealthOrganisation, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) across the population can be consideredas a measurement of the gap generated between the present health status and the perfecthealth situation marked by the absence of disability and disease. It is expressed as the numberof years lost due to disability, ill-health, or early death. It quantitatively measures theinfluence of diverse conditions and diseases on human life and well-being with the help of an
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3 GLOBAL HEALTH amalgamation of mortality and morbidity estimates. Though the metric is being used widely,it is also criticised since it is partially useful for gaining information on the accurate healthdata. DALY is not effective in providing a measure for resource allocation since it does notaccount for the differences in the availability of resources. In addition, those governments donot focus on the contributions of the private sector while the determination of their impact onhealth conditions is done. The most pivotal issue is that since it attempts to direct funding aswell as measure the diseases burden simultaneously, it is not able to achieve either of thegoals. Separate metrices are required for need and burden. Further, a philosophical andethical argument is put forward that the lives of those who are disabled are to be valued andrespected equally to those who have no forms of disability. From the analysis, it can be concluded that there is a discreet difference betweenillness and disease and precisely, illness can be considered as the product of the disease.DALY has constantly been criticised for its failure to measure global disease burden. Furtherresearch is needed immediately to find resolutions to the issues arising in this context. 2. Louis Pasteur had stated at the last stage of his life that “the bug is nothing the terrainis everything”. Reflecting on the germ theory and recanting it, he tried to explain theunderlying cause of diseases and the approach that should be taken for treating a patient(Coelho 2017). In this section, an attempt is being made to explain what the meaning of thisstatement is in the context of infectious diseases. It highlights why people are considered as amore crucial factor instead of pathogens in seeking to come to terms with re-emerginginfectious diseases.
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