Global health
Global health is a new health international issue (Brown, 2006). It is the health of every individual in the world. Global health has a direct impact on the political and economic being of any country. The major concern in global health is the spread of a disease from one individual to another within a country and outside the country; the border points therefore play an important role in global health. To address global health, world health improvement, streamlining global health policies and prevention of health threats are important (Brown, 2006). Various health agencies have stepped in to address this recent health issue. The millennium development goals have been designed to ensure that global health is checked.
Various global health concerns have been raised in the recent times. The recent is the global outbreak of swine flu (World Health Organization, 2007). This disease is easily transmitted from one person to the other. The method of transmission can be through air or contact. Most of the infectious diseases are through air. A recent global threat in relation to infectious diseases is the spread of the H1N1 influenza (White, 2013). This is a causative agent that leads to the swine flu (World Health Organization, 2007). The influenza is highly infections through the air. However, this global health issue could have easily been prevented. Its spread was not prevented in good time. The major reason it was not prevented in good time is due to the border laxity. Every boarder point should be strict with the health facilities to determine the infectious diseases. This is not the issue with the developing countries. Most of them lack the required technology to determine the influenza and also the boarder points are manned by corrupt health officers. Another reason is due to different health policies at the border points
In the U.S., the health global health care policy is better than its international policy. The major reason why the global health policy is well elaborate in the U.S. is because it is important to the security of the world and the U.S. Globalization in the world economy has necessitated the need for extensive travel. Therefore, where infectious diseases are all over then the world population is at risk of extinction. The U.S. has developed policies to improve global health. The policy aims at rapid identification and treatment of infections diseases through global health awareness, setting mechanisms to control disease spread and protecting its population (White, 2013).
The U.S. policy is good because it will not affect its security and trade. As a developed economy, the U.S. depends on the less developed countries for trade. When the global health is at risk then travel is restricted through quarantine. As a result, the U.S. economy will collapse. The policy is also better than the international policies because it enhances global security. As a super power, security is the major aspect at hand. Terrorists may use the spread of infectious diseases to fight the use. Therefore, a strong global health care is essential in promoting the stability. To fight the global health issue, the U.S. has partnered with other countries in the world to be ready and handle any global health threat that may arise. It has also strengthened it research on the global health. This is in the Global Health Initiative that uses about $63 billion to improve global health (World Health Organization, 2007).
References
Brown, T. M. (2006). The World Health Organization and the transition from international to global public health. American journal of Public Health 96(1): 62– 72.
White, F. (2013). Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations. London: Oxford University Press.
World Health Organization. (2007). Global public health security in the 21st century. Web.