QUESTION 1: Describe the benefits of sustained and increased investment in reproductive health services globally
Reduced infant motilities: Health sector has tremendously improved over the course of years globally; new methods are being innovated to improve on the provision of services. In this case, there has been persistence in increasing and sustaining investment in the reproductive health services due to the benefits that come with these measures. In the recent past cases of deaths among babies immediately after birth were high. However there has been a drastic decline in reported cases of these infant mortality rates. This is as a result of improved lifestyle, sanitation and sharing important information on how pregnant mothers should manage their bodies during the entire period of pregnancy (Stenberg et al., 2014).
Reduce morbidity: Modern healthcare gives a chance to members of the society to access free training pertaining key pertinent issues such as reproductive health. Partners can easily determine the gender of their unborn babies through genetic testing (Stenberg et al., 2014). There are a couple of things that can be determined through this practice, for instance some babies are born with certain defects and deformities within the body. Partners can however determine on whether to opt for selective abortion in case any of those deformities are prevalent on the unborn baby.
Reduced cases of mother’s health exposure to risk: These involve the entire healthcare services that a mother receives during pre-natal, during birth and post-natal periods. Mother’s bodies are vulnerable during these periods and can easily contract infectious diseases that may be severe and life threatening. With sustained and increased reproductive health services, there have been drastic decline young mother’s deaths either before conceiving, during birth or after conceiving their babies (Stenberg et al., 2014).
QUESTION 2: Describe interventions to reduce the incidence of mortality in children due to diarrhea.
Diarrhea disease is responsible for many preventable deaths among children especially below the age of five. These cases are prevalent in the developing countries due to increased numbers of well uniformed members of the societies on how to raise their children in favorable conditions with well sanitation and healthy lifestyles. World Health Organizations together with other no governmental institutions have worked relentlessly to see to it less cases of diarrhea caused deaths are experienced among young children. Measures have been implemented to fight this epidemic disease and these include:
Cholera immunization-Like any other water borne diseases, immunization becomes very vital since it reduce the chances of these infants from contracting the killer disease (Bhutta, Das, Walker, Rizvi, Campbell, Rudan & Black, 2013).
Improved water and sanitation facilities among the communities in these developing countries, it is quite simple to argue that poor sanitation and lack of of access to clean water is a major factor that contribute to high reported cases of diarrhea caused deaths among children and other members of the societies in developing countries. It is advised that cleaning of hands after using toilets or handling the children’s feces is very important as it helps to reduce the amount bacteria spread into the body. However without sufficient water and proper sanitation, members of these societies are increasing exposed to risks of contracting diarrhea (Bhutta, Das, Walker, Rizvi, Campbell, Rudan & Black, 2013).
QUESTION 3: Summary of one global current event: Reproductive health
Zika virus has been a predominant issue in the health care sector for the last one year. Its impact on reproductive health particularly to the mothers has been an issue of concern to public health stake holders. The virus has been linked to birth defects in babies born to pregnant mothers. Zika virus is spread by a certain species of mosquito in which they bite an infected person and then passed on to another (Korte, 2016). However, it has been reported that these viruses may be spread sexually and ends up affective the entire reproductive system. As at January 2016, there were up to 346 reported cases of Zika within the US and apparently all these cases were reported by persons who had visited Zika-prone areas. In this number, 32 of the cases involved a pregnant woman which is a statistically significant figure while seven of the cases were reported as having been transmitted sexually (Korte, 2016). The risk of Zika virus to pregnancy has associated with involuntary abortions as well as miscarriages and to a further extent the cases of disorders for the fetus.
QUESTION 3: Summary of one global current event: Global health of older adults
Climate changes have had it fair share on having negative effects on elderly people. This could be either physical or emotional effects. For instance global warming has constantly played a role a role in increasing heat waves and heat strokes which in turn cause medical conditions in the health of elderly individuals. Immune system deteriorates with age, thus elderly people are more susceptible to new emerging airborne and waterborne diseases such as Ebola and Bird flu that have been rampant due to rapid climatic changes (GLOBAL HEALTH AGING, 2016).
References
Bhutta, Z. A., Das, J. K., Walker, N., Rizvi, A., Campbell, H., Rudan, I., & Black, R. E. (2013). Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?. The Lancet, 381(9875), 1417-1429.
GLOBAL HEALTH AGING. (2016). How Climate Change Affects the Health of Older Adults – Global Health Aging. Retrieved from http://globalhealthaging.org/2016/03/10/how-climate-change-affects-the-health-of-older-adults/
Korte, G. (2016). 'Scarier than we initially thought': CDC sounds warning on Zika virus. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/11/scarier-than-we-initially-thought-cdc-sounds-warning-zika-virus/82894878/
Stenberg, K., Axelson, H., Sheehan, P., Anderson, I., Gülmezoglu, A. M., Temmerman, M., & Sweeny, K. (2014). Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework. The Lancet, 383(9925), 1333-1354.
