The Global Health Council: Improving Access to Healhtcare

The Global Health Council stated that "When it comes to global health, there is no 'them'... only 'us.” In the past decades health globally has increased but has a much-needed room for improvement. While many people focus more on diseases of poverty there is also need for concern on diseases of affluence in which both have involvement in the world’s leading cause of death, cardiovascular diseases. Currently many people and organizations around the world are trying to find solutions to the problem of high concern.

Throughout evolution humans have been in need for health solutions and preventions. Before there were hospitals women of the home were in charge of taking care of the family with home remedies and simple solutions. As time has passed we have stared to come up with new ideas and solutions to accompany these problems. New diseases are passed on from victim to victim killing millions each year mainly through communication. When most people think of health issues of the impoverished malnutrition comes to mind. Developing countries may not even have enough trained health workers to even provide a basic mean of health service. Poverty and war has prevented millions of people across the globe to have the proper food and water services, and let alone afford health care. Former President Bill Clinton stated “Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.” The WHO says “Burma's government spends only $4 per person on healthcare while the United States government spends almost $5,000 annuall...

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...otion of justice”. In past projects they have distributed portable toilets, relief supplies to survivors of many different natural disasters, and one on one child sponsorship. By just providing a monthly donation sponsors are providing the basic health care services, sanitation, and nutrition for sustainable human development. But not only are organizations like this benefitting one consumer directly they are enabling communities as a whole to foster rural development, sustain proper food supplies, and public sanitation.

Therefore as the issue of modern global heath arises we should think about what we could do to aid the solutions. Because “He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything” (Arabian Proverb). By increasing health services and equipment globally we cannot only help the people of today directly but the millions of people to come.