Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Human Capital Flight, World Trade Organization, Structural Adjustment

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Announcement: instructions for assignment 2, getting feedback on midterm exam v2. Key concepts: global health inequalities, child mortality, globalization, neoliberalism, international monetary fund, world bank, structural adjustment programs, nafta"s chapter 11, gats v3. Global health inequalities: are enduring health inequalities between countries, infant mortalities, child mortalities. Global health inequalities in: child mortality (mortality < Japan 5/1,000: child mortality rose in. Adult mortality rates: probability of death for men b/w ages of 15 and 60. Developing countries: 132 developing countries (total: 194, 72 are high mortality countries; 46 in. Africa: characterized by, profoundly low levels of income, high population density, high fertility, wide gaps between rich and poor, high morbidity and mortality (compared to industrialized nations) v11. Mortality: internal factors, inadequate public health infrastructures and services, extreme poverty, gender inequality and racism (ex: against indigenous peoples, failure to observe human rights, in some countries, corrupt governments v12. Inequalities: globalization, structural adjustment programs, role of world bank and international.