Does the influence of funding on global health policy priorities matter? The impact of the ongoing global financial crisis The global financial crisis (GFC), which began in 2008, prompted valid concerns that a financial crisis would result in a significant decline in donor aid and international efforts to address global health issues. (4) In previous financial crises, there had been a decline in donor commitments for official development assistance (ODA). This was observed in the current GFC along
Human rights are a strong point of contention in the context of global politics. This is due to the vast diversity of perspectives that exist in the international world system – which makes it increasingly to difficult to define what can constitute a truly global conception of human rights today. As, at the core of human rights perspectives is the suggestion that there should be a ‘basic’ notion of universal human rights. However, this is widely contested. To discuss the possibility of universal
at hand in this article is the global extent of human trafficking, and particularly the trafficking of women. This issue encompasses various aspects of the different political systems internationally due to varying policies as it pertains to border control and as to how various political systems abroad deal with human trafficking. It also encompasses the effects of human trafficking on global economic systems along and how super national organizations deal with human trafficking. The ramifications
Introduction Global health inequalities within and between countries are still prominent although we are approaching post MDG (Millennium Development Goals) era. It can be clearly seen with the fact that 99% of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries. Not surprisingly, more than half of these deaths are from sub-Saharan Africa and one third from South Asia (WHO, 2012). In terms of HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), sub-Saharan Africa again bears
Human resource management (HRM) is defined as the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance (Noe-Hollenbeck,-Gerhert-Wright, 2003, p. 1). HRM has changed earlier attitudes and assumptions of personnel management about managing people in several significantly impacting ways and the new model of HRM includes many essentials vital to the basic management goal of accomplishing and maintaining competitiveness. In this paper, the author will describe
Human Trafficking- The Escalating Global Violation of Human Rights Human Trafficking is a serious Global matter that violates a multitude of the Human Rights articles outline in The Universal Declarations of Human Rights. Thousands of individuals are subjects of Human Trafficking every year; the perpetrators of this crime do not discriminate, targeting men, women, the young and the old all over the world. Human Trafficking is indeed a Global issue, occurring in nearly every country on the planet
ISO Standards Total quality management is a management system of organization that involves all employees in continual improvement and is oriented on customers. This approach was developed by such quality leaders as Philip B. Crosby, W. Edwards Deming, Armand V. Feigenbaum, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Joseph M. Juran. TQM uses next principles (Westcott 2013): • Customer-focused. • Total employee involvement. • Process-centered.. • Integrated system. • Strategic and systematic approach. • Continual improvement
It was not until World War II that great powers revisited security interests and the importance of global interconnectedness and cooperation. Yet, more explicitly the Cold War between Russia and the United States, and the continuous tension and military mitigation would bring these two great powers face to face in what could have been the last World War. Russia and the United States would finally understand the importance for the sake of humanity to have agreements and treatises that would prevent
Central African Republic and Chad, nations that rank first and second in the Global Hunger Index. In 2013,2 a study published by the Lancet magazine, found, that approximately 3.1 million children died from causes underlying malnutrition.3 Half of them before their 5th birthday and 165 million infants suffered from a decline in growth because of this.4 The right to an adequate alimentation, protected by the Universal Human Right Declaration, and the justice theory. The International community should
universalism and Relativism “A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community’s values and practices.” According to Global Citizens Initiative, a nonprofit global social enterprise, this is what it means to be a global gitizen. It is necessary to understand the defining factors of a global citizen in order to understand Johansson Dahre’s quarrels about the human rights discussion. Dahre argues that there