SOCI 365 Lecture 4: Lec 4

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 365
• Professor: Amm Quamruzzaman

Document Summary

H. d. i. is different from gender and race it cannot cover all variables some alternatives: alternative human security index, political freedom index etc life expectancy is not a good measure although we can attain a maximum after a certain time, and there is less variation across countries it hinders the reflection of other inequalities the major force behind health improvements has been improvements in health technologies and public health measures such as simple sanitation, which is also less costly not life expectancy. Ho(cid:183) di(cid:139) banglades(cid:146) achiev(cid:140) it(cid:174) healt(cid:146) gain(cid:174) ? gender equity from the education female education maternal and child health education (better economic resources, bargaining capacities) Go ngos i. e. bangladesh has three primary education programs, child education centre allowing mothers to work and providing good nutrition external help innovation better phone service at a cheap rate allowed for better health organization resilience innovative design against climate events.