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Thinking of 2021 and beyond, how will public health's focus shift? From COVID-19 to what? Think of the predominant healthcare problems you found in your communities, that may currently be overlooked due to the focus on COVID-19. Do you think there will be a rise of certain health problems? Do you think healthcare disparities will be lessened? Will there be a shift in health prevention methods? Is there an end in sight for COVID-19?
Public health is a political affair.. just as the government is concerned jn protecting their people from wse they should focus in developing the health sector to protect ot from the attack of viruses.
This pandemic and the lockdown has brought up many issues majnly related to mental health. People face depression anxiety and may other mental health problems. Also there has been increase in rates of abuse caused due to lockdown.
The main focus now is to recover the patient from covid19. As everyone is focusing on this aspect they have been neglecting about ather problems that may arise later. Diseases due to air water soil polution comes first in the list. Accordind to latest study the pollution has been increasing and the condition of our environment has been detoriating to worser extent
Health care disparity and health refers to differences in health and health care between groups. A health disparity refers to higher burden of illness, injury dissability mortality experienced by one group to another. This health care disparity will be reduced.. corona affects adult population who belongs to the high risk category for whome it might be even fatal. On the other hand covid 19 generally pooses lesses risk to the children and healthy population.
Prevention methods which presently are maintaining a distance of minimum 1 m, cleaning hands with soap and water, use of sanitizer and avoidingtouching of face and mouth with the finger, wearinga mask etc. Covid 19 is anair viruses and these are thse maximum that can be done to prevent disease
Thew orld health organization itself made statement that this mask, sanitizers ans the social distancing is the new normal. A life without this will not be arriving in the near fugure