Essays on Infant Mortality

CHAPTER FOUR

Introduction This study will mainly focus on the ways that can be proposed so as to make the medical care provision of Russia be improved. The results that will be achieved from this research work will immensely contribute to the improved and much efficient health care provision in Russia.

Findings

Notably, the research methodology employed a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. We shall therefore look at the various prospects of Russian healthcare business in the global international healthcare market. Some of the most visible prospects and fragments that are the backbone of the healthcare sector include demographic issues, ...

Economic inequality Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians

Introduction Thought the last century, the subject of inequality has come to the fore. It seems that social, economic, racial, ethnic disparity became ubiquitous under the circumstances of economic and technical progress. While some countries take a course of rapid development, others remain behind. It happens not only on the political level but also within the country on the social scale. The emergence of perceptible economic inequality can now be observed in developed countries, and Australia is not an exclusion. Historically, economic inequality strengthened disparities of income and living standards of the individual layers of the population, increased the ...

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy refers to the pregnancy in human females that are aged twenty years and below. Pregnancy in girls is caused by sexual intercourse after the girl has become viable, that can ovulate, which can even be before her first menstrual period but most cases occurs after the onset of her periods. This issue has many menaces alongside it, following the fact that most of the girls in this age bracket have not developed thus experience many obstetric issues. Moreover, many risks are associated with teenage pregnancy some of which include: premature labour, low birth weight, anaemia, and pre-eclampsia, ...

Introduction

Just prior to the July 26th Movement or Revolution in 1959 by forces under Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the country has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. Culturally, the country is part of Latin America. The country has several cultural influences, namely, the ancient aboriginal culture of the indigenous Taino and Ciboney, Spanish influences as the country was colonized by Spain, the inflows of African American slaves and a close relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War era (Skidmore and Smith, 2005). At present, the country is one of the few remaining socialist nations in the ...

HCA 302. Health Care Organization

Introduction Health care systems are essential in providing security to nation-states world-over, which goes beyond health issues; entire economies depend on such vital system for security. One only has to imagine the devastation of a population by an infectious disease such as HIV/AIDS. Despite having some similarities, health systems vary from one country to the other. Notably, nations design as well as develop their health systems in line with their needs as well as the available resources. The United States and Canada share a border, and thus there is a natural inclination to compare the two health care regimes. ...

In preparing for this assignment, a list of all countries of the world by land area was obtained from the CIA website and was sorted in a spreadsheet from countries with the largest land area to countries with the smallest land area. A total of 224 countries were obtained, and after elimination of all countries with a land area smaller than Belgium, a total of 137 countries remained. Data on global infant mortality rates was obtained for each country in the reduced list and was recorded as deaths/1000 live births . To obtain a dissection of these figures in to ...

Two of the most remarkable stories of growth in the past 3 decades has been the growht of China and India's economies, two countries. Their populations, when added together, make up one-third of the total population of the world. While India and China's development paths have been different, there are many similarities to their approaches. Both countries developed their private sector, deregulated laws, liberalized prices and opened their countries to foreign direct investment (Reddy 3). However, China and India have relied on different economic drivers for growth. China has focused its efforts on manufacturing and exporting goods, while much ...

Introduction

In past few years, one of the most significant developments in the world economy is the emergence of India and China as major forces in the global economy. The constant growth of these countries is expected to dominate the economy of the whole world for several decades. Both countries contribute as more than one-third of the world’s population. Since 1980, both economies have been successful in achieving remarkable poverty reduction and economic growth rate. In respect of economic growth, it seems that China and India both are similar as both of these countries have large geographies and populations. ...

Position Paper

Introduction The United States’ health care system has for a long time been operated and owned by the private sector. In fact, about fifty-eight percent of the community hospitals are accredited to the non-governmental organizations. An average of about 60-65 percent is accounted for from programs such as the Veterans Health Administration, Medicare, Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicare. This has ensured a smooth functioning of the healthcare system especially when it is compared to the systems of different countries. According to the Migration Health Annual Report (2004), from the Institute of Medicine, it is evident that despite ...

1. Introduction

Background of the Research

Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan country located in the Horn of Africa. The population of Ethiopia is estimated to be over 100 million inhabitants, making it the most populated landlocked country in Africa, and the second most populated country in Africa after Nigeria. Ethiopia is the only country in the Sub-Saharan Africa which has got a history of having its alphabets and calendar. Paradoxically, Ethiopia which has possessed alphabets for centuries is still one of the most illiterate countries in the world. This is the reason why some writers refer to Ethiopia as one country with alphabet and ...

International Comparison of Data

International Comparison of Data Health indicators are defined by health scientists as quantitative features used to define health status of a population. Health indicators have direct influences on the health of a community and the indicators are used to characterize the health quality of the community. The United States and most of the European countries have favorable health indicators compared to other developed counties. The research paper is going to compare the health indicators of three countries including United States, Denmark and Ethiopia. Health indicators are used by the governments and other health agencies in guiding the healthy policy ...

Introduction

In this paper, we will discuss and describe the application of statistics and probability theory to a real world situation. We will choose a data set and apply one of the statistical procedures learned during this course. The data set was retrieved from the R. Weintraub (1962), "The Birth Rate and Economic Development: An Empirical Study", Econometrica, Vol. 40, #4, pp 812-817. This data provides information about the birth rates, per capita income, proportion of population in farming and infant mortality during the early 1950s for 30 nations. The purpose of this project assignment is to apply correlation and ...

Executive summary

In the past, we have seen a considerable number of children born prematurely succumb to death shortly after delivery (Koletzco, 2014). This is most prominent in the developing countries for obvious reasons where infant mortality rates are more pronounced. Babies born underweight or premature are in dire need of someone to come up with innovation to bridge this gap. The innovation of infant warmers would go a great mile to help these infants. An infant warmer is a sleeping bag for infants which serves the purpose of an incubator. One thing about the infant warmer is the fact that ...

This research paper examines the effects of women’s education in today’s economy with a goal of identifying its value. This research analyzes the impacts of the degree and kind of education on the female’s capability to secure employment and also, the quality of the job. With a focus on teenager girls, the paper examines the connection between the kind of schooling and the various routes of females to the labor force. The paper uses Egypt as an example to study these parameters. The study reveals that knowledge strongly influences girl’s employment paths in Egypt. In ...

What explains the decline in mortality in developed countries? Are there lessons to be learned in relation to the poor in developing countries today? I. Introduction

A. General Information

In general, the mortality level is deservedly considered to be among one of the characteristics that reveals both economic and social health of the certain state and that clearly describes the effectiveness of the policies that governments get used to adopt. In this context, the most significant particular demographic indicators are commonly the following: 1) Infant mortality rate; 2) Maternal mortality rate; 3) Mortality amid able-bodied citizens; 4) Mortality caused by external factors; ...

REPORT SECTIONS

Annually, infant mortality is recorded at 1million globally with 98% of this cases being in the developing world (National Center for Health Statistics -US. 2014). The documented cause for these deaths includes preventable and treatable complications which are linked to prematurity and low birth weight together with hypothermia. The proposed innovation thus seeks to solve this problem using the product- infant warmer.

Product or service description

The proposed innovation is an infant warmer. An infant warmer is a portable sleeping bag for infants which serves the purpose of an incubator. One thing about the infant warmer is the fact that it does not ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Primary Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the World Health Organization recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months after delivery (Stuebe). In fact, the World Health Organization states that even after solid foods are started at six months, the mother should continue breastfeeding her child for at least two years or as long as she is able to produce milk (Breastfeeding Action Group 1). These organizations are quite correct in issuing these recommendations for as opposed to formula milk, breast milk and ...

Introduction

Vaccines are long since being used to prevent the spread of contagious disease all over the world and it is because of these same vaccines that we have been able to eradicate a number of diseases including measles. This means that these vaccines are in fact effective against these diseases, and they have been lending a hand in keeping our children healthier than they would be otherwise. Despite that, there are many parents in the country who opt out of having their children vaccinated, and this is because they have their reservations regarding the risks that these vaccinations may ...

The agenda for population and development seeks to establish the knowledge of how population and social, economic, and environmental change relate to each other (Finkle, Jason, and McIntosh, 1995). By so doing, a forum for discussion of the related matters is created. Population and development exercise is the enhancement of personal opportunity and freedom. It’s inherent in member states of the United Nations to attain universal human rights and dignity for their citizens (Martínez, Rodrigo, and Andrés, 2007). It’s a representation of aspirations of the governments to ensure that all individuals are free from fear, ...

In what sense, if any, has there been an East Asian “Miracle”? Does it matter whether it can be deemed to be a “miracle”? The second half of the twentieth century had witnessed the highest growth rates in such East Asian countries as Japan, China; the Four Tigers – Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, and the newly industrializing economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The so-called East Asian «Miracle» had impressed all the economic society by the most rapid economic growth and the most dramatic decline in the inequality and income distribution. The progress, ...

Infant Mortality

Introduction Infant mortality has taken a toll at the nation as a whole apart from the families and mothers who loses their babies to different causes. The death of a baby is by far the most devastating event a parent can ever go through in a lifetime. Child mortality remains a sad reality for the whole nation, especially the sole parents and families who are unfortunate enough to experience child death. According to CDC, over 23,000 infants died in the country in the year 2014 alone. The number represents the reported cases of child death across the country. ...

When talking about healthcare in Haiti, it is impossible to ignore the forty-five-second earthquake that decimated the hospitals and clinics in Haitian Capital to rubbles. The calamity reverted all the advancements gained back to the medical stone age. Even though Haiti did not have modern medical facilities and enough health care practitioners, the quake destroyed all the health care infrastructure that was already available; transport network, water and sanitation systems and electricity, thus, shutting down the delivery of health care services. Haiti is a country trapped in the medical backwater. Close to 80% of the country’s population live ...

Introduction

The PICOT question for the research: In pregnant women below the age of 30 years, how does the provision of safer sleeping environment compare to the administration of prenatal medication prevent the rate of postneonatal deaths? From the PICOT question formulated, a search term "postneonatal deaths" will be used to review the information on the topic.

Postneonatal deaths

Infant mortality includes both neonatal and post-neonatal deaths. While neonatal deaths occur in children within 28 days after birth, postneonatal deaths occur in infants between 28 days and 11 months after birth. There are various causes and conditions which lead to post-neonatal mortality. ...

Introduction

As a foreign student in the United States, there are many experiences that I have been through in his journey of life and education. I was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1990. I lived there until the age of 15, then moved to Arizona in The United States. Ever since I moved to America, I have travelled to several states, and this has helped him gain many diverse experiences, new knowledge, new perspectives and challenges. I have learnt the values of different cultures; not all of my experiences were positive, I had to go through several struggles in ...

Background

The nation of Turkey has one of the lowest rates of HIV infection in the world. While this rate has increased in the last several years, the reason is likely due to better reporting by health facilities around the country, rather than simply more infections. Also cited as part of the reason for increasing rates of infection is the recent influx of refugees and other immigrants from regions such as Africa, where infection rates are much higher than in Turkey proper. The primary mode of transmission is through heterosexual contact, although the stigma of homosexuality has probably influenced patient ...

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act require that hospitals stabilize and treat patients in the emergency department regardless the patient’s ability to pay or their insurance status. The Act’s main intent was to prevent the dumping of uninsured patients to public hospital without offering any care. According to the Act, a hospital should provide emergency care to a patient and only transfer the patient to another hospital once the patient is stable. In the situation, the friend had a serious medical emergency; therefore, the hospital was supposed to provide emergency services even in the absence of ...

Part 1

Description of the program One of the most critical issues that are continuously posing great threats to the well-being of humans in the 21st century remains to be diseases which are untreatable. HIV/AIDS forms the bulk of the deaths that come from such illnesses. As such, there is the need to have in place programs that will effectively address this scourge. In many developing countries particularly the third world countries, there have been challenges that have always been faced in combating the scourge. Puerto Rico is one such country that has been bedeviled with this disease. In particular, San ...

Although the US has recorded hundreds of proposed reforms to its healthcare system, few have been enacted into law. In 2010, however, a landmark reform was enacted with the hope that it would improve access to affordable care. Since its enactment, the Affordable Care Act has seen several changes made to the US healthcare system (United Health Foundation, 2016). Subsequently, the impact of these changes on the state of health in the various states has emerged as an important area of study. In view of this, the current paper compares and contrasts the state of health in the states ...

Introduction

The pharmaceutical industry in South America is projected to increase in value over the next decade. Based on this and other factors, it would be prudent for pharmaceutical companies hoping to diversify in the international market to consider the South American market. This report intends to make a recommendation to the strategic management committee of our company so that any decisions on where to diversify are informed. In this regard, this report will consider Venezuela and Argentina as potential countries for expansion. This report will consider different factors in order to provide a broad analysis. Some of the factors that ...

Community Location

According the population census conducted in 2000, the total population of District 13 is 106, 120. However it has been observed that the population of the region has been on the rise. The people in the district live in different locations. These locations include; the Coney Island the Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Homecrest and the Sea Gate.

The Coney Island is an urban residential neighborhood located in the Southwestern side of Brooklyn in New York City. The Coney Island is around 4 miles long and half a mile wide. The Coney Island creek that ...

A comprehensive understanding of the term theoretical lens is first attained by breaking the subject into two; theory and lens. Prevalently, a theory is a set of words or ideas put forth to elucidate or rather reveal the existence of a phenomenon. In this context, the theory is used to explain cultural perspective in a given subject, child development. Conversely, a lens from a lay’s perspective is a transparent object used to view or magnify the given object, thereby enabling the user, to ascertain a clear understanding of the viewed material. However, from the literature perspective, a lens is an instrument that enables people in a society to ...

Environment is the surrounding natural manifestations, which are an integral part that enhances the life of all living things. It is the platform on which live thrives hence the need for human attention thus leading to environmental studies. This discipline is charged with the responsibility of addressing all issues pertaining to the surrounding natural life. Environmental studies involve a wide view; therefore, this paper gives short answers to questions on various dimensions pertaining to the environment.

- The two major environmental worldviews are the deep ecological and the Western world environmental views. The western world environmental view holds that the ...

Liverpool is one of the most important and popular cities in England. It citizens come from varied and different backgrounds belonging to different nationalities and ethnic groups. The major part population consists of white British. The citizens of Liverpool have traditionally been known for their hospitality and tolerance but the traits have dwindled and decreased over the years. Still, the citizens of the city are considered welcoming and intelligent since a huge chunk of population is literate.

As a city in England, Liverpool enjoys one of the most successful forms of democratic governments in the world. The parliamentary form of government ...

Figure 1: Map of Africa showing the countries selected for this study

Introduction

Population dynamics affects a country’s development and the general contribution of the country or region to the global society. This paper examines the relative population growth of Africa using ten countries from the continent (Libya, Angola, Kenya, Cameroon, Guinea, Mauritania, Botswana, Ghana, Chad and Madagascar) in comparison to five countries from other regions. The U.S.A, Ukraine (former Soviet Union), South Korea (Asia), Qatar (Middle East), Brazil (South America) are the countries selected to compare to the African countries. This paper presents ranking of the fifteen countries above ...

Since the early civilizations, man has desired to establish his dominance to the world and find alternative means to improve living and sustain progress. The struggle to progress had been difficult and marred with conflict and mortalities despite the advent of technology and international politics. However, progress cannot be attained without consequences as several nations are now experiencing cases of extreme poverty and hunger, mortality and inequality even in developed Many proposals have been given by world leaders, especially on the issue of poverty, hunger, and child mortality, but none had been extensive as compared to the United Nations ...

Infant Mortality

Infant Mortality Infant mortality is basically the death of a child that has not attained one year. The population heath and consequently infant mortality of a population in this paper will be the outcomes of a specified group of individuals and the distributions of the results within the group. The groups can be any amalgamation of people including by geographical areas or even ethnicity. Access to healthcare is the single most determiner of infant mortality of a population. To begin, the infants who are delivered in a hospital have lesser chances of developing complications than those delivered elsewhere. In addition, if the ...

Question 2: Guard Dogs & Watch Dogs

Corporate America had grown so powerful and pervasive that it can manipulate the government and its agencies to further its goals. Ideally, the government, which comprises the executive, Congress, and the judiciary, is expected to regulate the economy. While the judiciary has remained largely independent (even though ideological factors still play a role), Congress and the executive have become too deeply entangled with private individuals and firms that policy decision-making is not always driven by public interest. Harvey (2007) argues that the rise of neoliberalism in key countries across the world has seen the reduction of the power of organized ...

Abstract

Conditional cash transfer programs are considered as an effective approach to help countries reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.The purpose of this article was to evaluate the effectiveness of conditional cash transfer in the reduction of child mortality and also examine impact of the program on population health through a case study from Brazil, Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program. The article summarizes a significant positive correlation between the program implementation and decline in the infant mortality rate i.e. 9.3 percent decline in infant mortality rate and 24.3 percent decline in the post neonatal mortality rate.The articlefurther highlightsthe importance of ...

1. Poverty is a cause of poor health in a community. “The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty”, these are the words of Former Un secretary general Koffi Annan in his2001 address to the World Health Assembly. Globally, there is a definite relationship between poverty and poor health. Life expectancy in the Least Developed Countries is just 49 years and ten percent of newborn children do not reach their first birthday (Allen, 2006, pg.73). Interestingly, in highly developed countries, the average life span is 77 years and the infant mortality rate is six per 1000 live births. Poverty creates ...

According to World Health Organization, health disparities, refers to, “population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, quality of health care and access to health care services that exist across racial and ethnic groups.” The existing health disparities provide insight to the inefficiencies encountered within the health system leading to gratuitous costs. Studies indicate that eliminating the health disparities in minorities may require the allocation of billions of money. The insufficient care to access, poverty, violence, poor quality of care, and individual behaviors are among the factors results to racial, ethnic and social economic disparities. The groups that ...

Introduction

The aspect of healthcare is one of the crucial elements that make or break a nation’s stability. Healthcare systems vary widely from one country to another and many international health organizations have been concerned with determining which countries have done well in taking care of their populace and which ones have done poorly over the years. Comparing and contrasting two countries whose healthcare systems are highly different from one another may help us understand better (1) the advantages of a country with a good healthcare system and policy, (2) the strategies that make a healthcare approach successful, and (3) what the countries ...

Introduction

The provision of an efficient healthcare system is the responsibility of any progressive government. In order to achieve a functional and efficient healthcare system, the government must mobilise the financial and human resources in a strategic manner. An efficient healthcare system promotes equality, access and coverage of its population. The United States of America and Canada are two countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with two structurally different healthcare systems. There has been an ongoing debate on the suitability of the universal single-payer healthcare system used by most of the OECD members compared to ...

Describing some of the countries as developed countries means that they are certain defined criteria and features, which are considered as symbol of high development. The criteria, which have been set for such classification of such countries, are sometimes considered as contentious and are debated by different authorities and organizations. However some of the most accepted and frequently used parameters or indicators for measuring development, and which are considered as the common characteristics of the developed countries are high rate of economic growth, high income per capita, a low rate of unemployment, population growth rate, infant mortality rate, literacy rate, ...

A critical analysis of the different attitudes of mothers towards the immunization of their children in rural and urban area in Nigeria 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background information and justification for the study Child survival beyond the age of five in Nigeria is a great concern in both academic and professional circles with statistics indicating that only 194 out every 1000 children live beyond the age of five. A United Nations study revealed that the Nigeria ranked 15th among the nations with the highest under five mortality rates. High infant mortality rates in Nigeria are attributed to immunizable ...

Introduction

Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. On the East, it is bordered by the Indian Ocean, Kenya to the South West, Ethiopia to the West, The Red Sea to the North and Djibouti to the North West. For over two decades, the country was experiencing a civil war. During this time, the political systems grinded into a halt and the country degenerated into anarchy. However, a new government has been installed in the country. As such, many government departments were revived. This paper looks at tourism in Somalia. Irrespective of the turbulent past that the country has experienced in ...

Introduction

United States and France are nations with large economies that share several principals in health care. The French health care ranks the best in the world as stated by World Health Organization. Health care is an important aspect in every country. Health care varies from one country to another depending on the policies that the government implements.

Comparison of French Health Care to United States Health Care

Health care and medical practice in United States and France have many differences in terms of efficiency, hospital practices, curative and preventive care. The French hospitals lie in the public sector and most of the practitioners receive salary. The government controls the ...

WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program refers to the policy passed to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to the age of 5 who are at a nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement their diets, information on healthy eating and referrals to health care (Oliveira et al. 2 ). The policy’s focus is on providing nutritional assistance to pregnant and breastfeeding women who must eat nutritional foods during the critical times of a child’s growth and development, as well as providing infants with supplemental nutritional foods to prevent future developmental or medical problems ...

Report about Spain country

Report about Spain Country

- Capital: Madrid, 40°26′N 3°42′W - Area: 505,992 km2, 195,364 sq mi). - Population: 46, 704,314 (2013) - Population Density: 92/km2, 240/sq mi - Population Growth Rate: 0.73% (2013) - Population Birth Rate: 10.4/1000 (2013) - Infant mortality rate: 3.37/1000 (2013) - Density per sq mi: 231

Economic Indicators.

- GDP (PPP): $1.414 trillion (2013) - Per Capita GDP (PPP): $30,741 (2013) - Distribution of GDP: Agriculture 40-45%, Tourism 5%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 24%, services 71.7% (2011). ...

The United States healthcare system is ranked last among industrialized countries, and it is struggling between equal access and priority access. When there is a gap between socio-economic classes and healthcare access, there will be a decline in the quality of life. “Although economic growth has been the most important driver of human progress in the past and still has a crucial role to play in improving lives in developing countries, we in the developed world must now look elsewhere for further improvements in the real quality of life.” (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2009). Comparing America’s healthcare system with that of other ...

Abstract

Preterm birth is the main cause of infant mortality in the world and in the United States, research shows that African American women are at a higher risk giving preterm birth than women from other races and ethnicities. The purpose of this research is to investigate one of the contributing factors to the observed high preterm birth rates among African American women and this is nutrition. The research aims to find out whether lack of nutrition education contributes to the observed high levels of preterm birth rates among this class of citizens. The research will be conducted on a selected group ...

Several developing economies lack the capacities to take care of the poor population. These countries have inadequate resources to provide for every person in the economy. Such countries are characterized by poor nutrition, high infant mortality rates, high unemployment rates, and poor medical facilities and services among other devastating effects both to children and to women, who form most of the vulnerable population. According to the example that Peter Singer gives about Dora and the poor boy, whom she intend she intends to sell away to organ peddlers, confirming that Dora acted without morals is true because she has ...

The children bureau is an act that was to be established in the department of labor. The publication had the description of what the creation of the children bureau and how it will execute its services and also the resources it requires in its implementation and achievement of its objectives (Government printing office, p. 1). The bureau was meant to investigate and report to the department of labor all matters pertaining to children welfare and life among all the classes of the people of the United States with its focus more on infant mortality, birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, ...

U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMPARED TO AUSTRALIAN The United States and the Australia follow very contrasting healthcare system. To highlight their best, and to learn from their shortcoming, it useful to compare and contrast the system. It will be useful to compare them according to their: accessibility; cost structure; quality; types and availability of the health care settings and services; healthcare quality and outcomes; and health care personnel. Like the rest of the world, United States has both private and public insurers in their health care system. What makes is unique is the dominant role played by ...

Introduction

We measure population health by comparing the status of health over time. Infant mortality is one of those measurements that serve as a barometer for this comparison and makes understanding the effect of health systems and programs between comparable periods (Reidpath and Allotey). Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is defined as “the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in the same year” (Reidpath and Allotey). The IMR reflects the overall health scenario of a country and statistical measures of developed and developing cuontries indicate that a high or very high IMR is experienced in ...

At an individual level, I would be inclined to retain a number of elements of the German health care system. The nation boasts of a very low infant mortality rate and inexpensive health care compared to the United States. For instance, I would seek to retain the universal health care for all citizens to ensure that all are catered for whether poor or rich. More so, I would ensure that I retain the current proportion of citizen’s income as premiums of insurance. Germany currently charges only 8 percent of a worker’s gross income to a non-profit insurance firm known as a sickness ...

The World Health Organization has prioritized the aspect of dealing with social determinants of health as part of their objective in the coming years. They have recognized the social determinants of health as the economic and social conditions that influence the health of people and communities. These conditions are brought about by the amount of money people earn, the power they command and the resources they have. These conditions are also related to factors that consider the kind of jobs people do, the type of food they eat, their early childhood development, the education they obtain, their access to ...

Health Care In Saudi Arabia

Introduction: The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health supervises all public and private healthcare and hospitals. They use a two tier system of primary healthcare centers along with urban and specialized facilities. When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932 one of King Abdulaziz’s first priorities was to initiate a free modern health care system for citizens and Islamic pilgrims. The Saudi government set up facilities across Saudi Arabia and the results were spectacular. Life expectancy climbed, infant mortality dropped and diseases like malaria and smallpox that were once epidemic just about disappeared. The healthcare system has benefitted ...

In a few short months, I will graduate with a degree in pharmacy. With the increasing demand for pharmacists in healthcare, my options are wide and diverse. In approximation, 62% of all pharmacists serve in community pharmacies. This is significant because they aid in reaching out the services to the hard to reach areas. Other settings where pharmacists work are managed care, pharmaceutical industries, armed forces, hospitals and public health. With my innate need to help those in dire need, I reckon that a career in public health settings and more precisely service in the community is more enticing than in any ...

1.0 Introduction Malaria has been one of the most devastating diseases in the last several decades with far reaching health and socioeconomic consequences . According to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) (2010) report on mortality due to infectious diseases malaria ranks 5th as the cause of global mortality, while it is the 2nd cause of death from infectious disease in Africa after HIV/AIDS. The disease affects up to 10% of the world’s population. . An estimated 40- 50% of the world’s population lives in malaria endemic regions and a child dies every second due to the disease . 90% ...

Introduction

Breastfeeding forms one the most significant practices that contribute to child growth after birth. This has been attributed to the significant advantages it contributes to the development of the immune system of the child. According to the Ulijaszek, Johnstone, and Preece (2000), breastfeeding provides immunological, nutritional, and psychological benefits to the baby. Most of the nutritional demands that the baby needs come from the breast milk. In the current society, breastfeeding has been reduced to be tactless act when mothers are seen to breastfeed their children in public. Some individuals view breastfeeding as an embarrassing act. Contrary to ...