SOSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Millennium Development Goals, Global Health, International Political Economy

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There are disparities in wealth and health and they are growing. Modern advances in health care are increasingly driven by market forces: 89$ of annual world expenses on health care was spent on 16% of the world"s population. Half the worls"s population lives in countries that cannot afford annual per capita health expenses of more than 15 dollars: many do not have access to basic drugs. Between 51-60% of the worlds population live in miserable conditions, below the ethical poverty line . There has been massive job losses while at the same time rising food prices which results in further decline of living conditions. Need a new balance of values and new ways of thinking and acting. New thinking must recognize that health and disease in the most privileged nations is closely linked to health and disease in impoverished countries. Value placed on health should penetrate every area of social and economic activity.

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