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  • Five things that won’t do much for global health
    Lateef commented on the article | about 3 years ago
    Five things that won’t do much for global health

    The best thing we can use in the developing/third world is concern and the willingness to help...and this comes in the form of genuine love for eachother regardless of location or social class...<b>but</b> perhaps more important is the <b>establishment of rational and scientifically-based reasons</b> for proper healthcare in disadvantaged regions.

    If the people of any community are unhealthy today - then their children, and grand-children, won't be healthy tomorrow.  That said...lack of proper healthcare creates a <b>failure to thrive</b> in all other socio-economic indicators....how can a teenage girl concentrate on getting her education when her mother is suffering from TB? How can the head of an impoverished household ever get his/her family out of poverty if his earnings can only go towards his children's medical issues? -- Most of these medical problems only exist because of the lack of preventative care - and even basic education (i.e. safe sex, handwashing, etc.) that is considered common sense in the US.

    Great conversation Alanna.

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