DVM 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Global Health, Double Burden, Human Capital

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Health is directly related to human capital (education) and the labour force. Understand the key concepts such as social determinants of health and socio- economic gradients in health and their implications on the population health. Assess the health systems and its contribution to health. In developing countries, there are problems of obesity and malnutrition in the same country: double burden of diseases. Assess the prospects of population health in the developing countries with the shift in international political economy. Death rate under age of ve is very high in developing countries: we need to determine why. These issues represent why global health is of such high concern. Diseases don"t respect geographical boundaries: swine u. The higher the development, the better health of the people. Health and disease are linked with economic and social development. Global security and freedom are dependent on health.

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