Global Public Health

Global Public Health
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Global Public Health........................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Section A: Introduction and an overview of the main health issues/ challenges in United
Kingdom.................................................................................................................................3
Section B: Discuss the health system in United Kingdom.....................................................5
Section C: Predict the future health of population in United Kingdom using relevant health
indicators................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Public health can be stated as the science and art of promoting health, preventing disease as well
as prolonging life through organised society’s. It assists in protecting as well as enhancing health
of individuals and communities (Rosen, 2015). It also assists in detecting the issues associated
with health as early as possible as well as response properly in order to avoid disease
development. This report is based on the country United Kingdom which is an island nation in
north western Europe. The communicable disease taken in this project is tuberculosis, non-
communicable disease is cancer and the injury is car accident. This report covers the main
health issues and challenges in the country along with discussion of health system in United
Kingdom. Apart from this, the prediction about future health of population is also included in the
report.
MAIN BODY
Section A: Introduction and an overview of the main health issues/ challenges in United
Kingdom
United Kingdom, island nation located off north-western coast of continental Europe. It
comprises the entire of island of Great Britain – that contains Scotland, England and Wales – and
the northern part of island of Ireland. Britain is sometimes utilized to refer to UK as a whole.
According to the analysis has been identified that, London United Kingdom continuously faced
the challenge of tuberculosis. It is the combination of environmental, clinical and social factors
that make individual within this province susceptible to tuberculosis. It has been determined that
due to lack of basic information of the manner in which this disease is spread prevention and
diagnosis of this disease is challenging (Porter, 2020). It has been determined that in the year
2014 there were 2500 new cases of tuberculosis in London that range of approximately 40% of
all the cases in United Kingdom. Furthermore it has been identified that 1/3rd of London
significantly exceed the WHO incidence. It has been determined that there was certain groups in
the provinces of London population those who were at higher risk of this disease as in this
individual or social groups who live in the area where at high level of risk of Tuberculosis. It has
been identified that there is a significant link among migration and tuberculosis disease, as this
disease take place among those individuals who were born abroad. However, this is overcome
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