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Essay on Concept of Global Health

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Added on  2020-04-07

Essay on Concept of Global Health

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Running head: GLOBAL HEALTHGlobal HealthName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1GLOBAL HEALTHTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2The Global health and 10/90 Gap..............................................................................................2World Health Organization....................................................................................................3Failures and weak infrastructure............................................................................................4Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5References..................................................................................................................................6
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2GLOBAL HEALTHIntroductionGlobal Health refers to the study, practice and research that prioritize healthimprovement and achievement of health equity among individuals across the world. TheArticle 25 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 declares that, each and everyindividual have the right of living a standard and healthy life. Unfortunately there comes thehealth disparity in between the high income groups and the lower income groups. Moreover,there are differences in between the individuals of a country, which results in unhealthysettings as many people do not have sufficient accessibility to care (Luchetti, 2014). The Global health and 10/90 GapThe essay highlights the concept of Global Health and the 10/90 Gap. The GlobalHealth’s field is basically concerned with the individuals’ health worldwide. It focuses on theissues that are significant to global, economy and politics. These issues go beyond thenational boundaries and are solved best through the international collaboration. Theinitiatives of Global Health focus on the improvement of the well being and health ofimpoverished, underserved and vulnerable people worldwide (Atkins et al., 2016). Theseinitiatives further include reduction strategies of poverty; preventive measures of diseaseslike HIV, tuberculosis, malaria; improvement of food security and nutrition; policies to raisethe environmental standards as well as the living conditions and gender equality promotion(Elsabbagh et al., 2012).In the year 2001, World Health Organization (WHO) made recommendations offunding the Global Health by 0.1% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The lower incomecountries’ average expenditure per capita is estimated to be 20 dollars per year, on the otherhand, Western countries’ expenditure is estimated to be at 947 dollars. The target is to reach
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