Question

Access to Health Care: For Everyone, or Just for Some?  Reflect on how public health measures have shaped their daily lives.

Come up with one unmet public health need.

Answer 1

Public health measures are a vital part that determine the sustainability and livelihood of the population. Depending upon the social and economic condition of a place, the requirement of the level of public health care varies. For poor countries like several of those in Africa or Asia or Eastern Europe, basic amenities like access to clean water or sanitation is a challenge, hence an efficient health care system can help improve life expectancy and overall health. Some of the developed countries like China are also suffering from severe cases of pollution owing to extreme levels of urbanisation and development. The needs for health care there are more advanced - those which involve some degree of awareness for prevention apart from addressing already existing ill-effects caused among the people.

Global organizations like WHO and UNICEF have played a very vital role in making health care, proper meals and vaccinations available to the under-prevliged sections in many poor countries. Such countries are not strong enough to run their own full-feldged health care programs owing to many issues ranging from weak economy to corruption to mention a few. In developed and developing countries, however, the onus is on the government to ensure a proper public health care system is in place for the wellness needs of its populates. The need for an efficient health care is not just limited to certain deprived sections, but also to the population as a whole, since access to proper health care facilities is the minimum the governing authorities can do for the welfare of the countries they run.

An unmet public health measure is one about awareness about various kinds of new cancers, and their root causes. The public health body needs to reach out every strata of the society to ensure they're well-educated regarding the causes and symptoms of such deadly diseases, so that at least the most basic corrective actions can be taken at an early stage.