Question

Explain the importance of global health to our own health. Describe the characteristics of the best global health interventions and provide examples of each. Describe key environmental health regulatory agencies at the international, national, state/provincial, and local levels. State the four principles that guide environmental policy development we discussed. Describe each in some detail.

Answer 1

Today's world is more interconnected than ever before. In present era, when the flow of persons and goods is so high. Then there are chances for the spread of diseases specially through food and drugs. We must ensure a system for preventing, detecting and containing disease.

Characteristics of global Health intervention:-
1. Provided enormous non life saving health benefits
Example- smallpox eradication
2. Provision of save water and water filtering through cloth, health education.
Example- guinea worm reduction in Asia and sub Saharan Africa.
3. Safe, cheap and efficient treatment.
Example- oral rehydration therapy in Egypt.

Health regulatory agencies:-
# agencies working at the national level-
1. Disease Control agency
2. Environmental protection agency.
3. Department of transportation.
4. Food and drug administration.
5. National Institute of Health.
6. Nuclear regulatory Commission.
7. Occupational safety and health administration.
8. National institute of occupational safety and health.

# state agencies
1. Department of environmental conservation.
2. Department of labour

# local agencies-
1. Department of health.

Four principles guiding the environmental policy development are-
1. The Sustainability principle.
2. the Polluter pays principle .
3. The precautionary principle.
4. The user pays principle