Global Healthcare

 

           

Global healthcare has resulted many positive effects. For example, death rate for children under five years old dropped from 148 death per 1000 children (1950) to 37 death per 1000 children (2020). Working together resulted in eradicating smallpox and we were on the verge of eradicating polio. However, 6,600 babies die every day before they are four weeks old; 287,000 women a year die in childbirth; 128,000 children die of measles annually and 1.3 million die of TB annually. Health disparities exist, so while life expectancy in Japan is 85+ years, there are 41 countries that have life expectancy below 60 years. All in Africa. Life expectancy in Dominican Republic is 77 years, while in Haiti is 62 years. A child born in a developing country is over 13 times more likely to die within the first five years of life than a child born in an industrialized country. 
Effect of ill health on every issue including schooling, economy and radicalism. It is affected by many factors including health systems, conflicts, education and information. Challenges include poverty: 0.85 billion people living on $1.25 a day. No TV, computer or cell phone. Economy: Poorest countries are the ones in need of healthcare. They include the most sick populations (Sub-Saharan Africa, 11% of world population, 24% of disease burden, receive 1% of expenditures). Emerging economies: Middle class growth, more strain on healthcare. Culture and Politics: Examples: Mental health, AIDS, suspicious view of outsiders and influence of opposing movements. More recent: COVID.
 


 

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