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What is the role of education in global health? If you had to pick an issue that could offer deliverable changes through education in global health, which would you choose and why?
The role of education in global health includes; gaining of exposure to global health challenges and solutions, creating opportunities for critical thought and innovation in the delivery of healthcare cause. Generation of awareness of the possible causes and preventive measures amongst the masses. For example, if we take the example of a metabolic disorder such as diabetes, we can generate awareness in the masses by educating them about the lifestyle changes that they need to do such as diet (low carbohydrate diet) and physical activity to burn the sugar. If we had to pick an issue that could offer deliverable changes through education in global health; it would be the prevention of chronic disease as generating mass awareness about these disease through the use of media and social organizations as prevention and delay of the onset is the only solution to these disease. A healthy diet, normal sleep pattern and physical activity can improve the quality of our life.