HSS 4331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: En Vogue, Neoliberalism, Occupational Safety And Health
27 Sep 2016
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Read an introduction to global health and global health ethics by m. a. There is an argument that this is the happies time in human history. There are only 11. 7% of the world population with low income in 2011 as opposed to 57. 8% in 1990. There is a convergence of under 5 child mortality between countries with lowest and highest mortalities. French failed due to malaria and yellow fever (it killed the workers) Just because you did something good doesn"t mean the intentions were good. They didn"t do it for the people, they did it to make more money. By the 17th century, they all died from abuse, measles, smallpox and tuberculosis then haiti became a slave port. Legacy of colonialism holds that most historic investments in global health were done for commercial reasons. When a country is colonized, it"s never done altruistically. If it were, it would be done more strategically/better.
