Public Health Assignment 2022

Running Head: PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING ASSIGNMENT
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PUBLIC HEALTH1
Identify a public health measure that has been implemented in Saudi Arabia. Describe its
origin and the philosophy behind this measure. Detail how it has affected citizens. In your
opinion, has the measure been effective? Why or why not? How could it be improved?
As per the constitution of Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, it is the fundamental right of every
citizen to get access to proper health care facilities. The National Development plan had
emphasized on the health development of the population of KSA as one of the important areas of
the government (Khaliq, 2012). Since, the development of the nation, the government of KSA
has always invested a lot in providing good and affordable health care facilities to the clients. It
has provided the universal access to health care facilities to most of the people. The government
of KSA had developed strategic Plan for the Ministry of Health (MoH) for overcoming the
challenges. The main aim of the strategy is to improve the infrastructure of the primary care
facilities in Saudi Arabia, to increase the health coverage of most of the residents of KSA, to
increase the funding of the primary care services, to ensure that all the residents of the KSA are
get equal access to the health care facilities.
The context of the development of this plan can be dated back to the year 1949, when a a
small number of medical staffs and fewer hospital beds. Since, then the Kingdom Of Saudi
Arabia had made several progress in the organization of the health care system. Major
developments have been bought in every sectors of health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
However, it has been reported that in spite of the progress made in the health care sectors
(Khaliq, 2012). The primary care sector had remained neglected. There was no e-health system
which led to the repeated occurrence of the clinical errors. The main philosophy of the policy is