Global Health Concerns
A study conducted to investigate the state of global health reveals that it is at its worst. According to the study, new skills brought about by science and medicine have failed to meet the global population’s needs. Although significant advancements in global health have been made over the last century, these advancements have not met the needs of everyone. The reason for this is the disparity in living standards between countries.
It is believed that the significant risks to existing and developing health disasters are related to social determinants that harm people’s health, such as poverty and hazardous living and working environments. Global health disorders are caused, among other things, by inadequate healthcare systems, global shortages, and disparities in healthcare personnel. (Schnurr and colleagues 398)
Hunger has slowed down in many countries worldwide as one of the most alarming disasters in global health. Haiti, my birthplace, is one of the countries affected by global health issues. For a long time, Haiti has been thought to be one of the countries that have never known freedom. Many people may wonder why there is so much hunger in the country; the answer is that poverty has dominated the country.
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Because of poor governance, education, and the ongoing earthquakes, poverty in Haiti is exceptional (Shah para. 5). Lack of support in the agricultural sector has also contributed significantly to the country’s hunger, a viewpoint shared by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf. As Diouf states, “the country’s economic and social reconstruction requires the restoration of food production and massive investment in rural areas” (Jere, 1752). As a result, almost everyone in Haiti is affected directly or indirectly.
According to the research, hunger is the leading risk to health in the twenty-first century. According to a World Health Organization report, hunger kills more people than cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. It is also estimated that one out of every four children is underweight.
Because of the weakened immunity caused by being underweight, a child is more likely to die from infectious diseases. According to one American researcher, “the hungry are the poorest of the poor, and poverty alleviation does not always reach them” (Dickenson 7), as it has in Haiti. Hunger can cause poverty, malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS, among other things.