IDSB04H3 Lecture : IDSB04 Lecture 1
12 Dec 2011
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Introduction to international health: figure 4. 2 in the textbook, health is not the product of one"s individual characteristics, but rather, composed of numerous complexities (shown in figure 4. 2) that all contribute to one"s health. Key definitions: according to the who health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity page 3. International health is also conceived as a way of protecting, expanding and benefiting markets for example, pharmaceutical companies, insurance markets, medical devices markets. Million deaths in the americas: 11. 4 million slaves departed west africa, 10 million arrived in americas, middle passage mortality rate est. Health center there is barbarianism, whereas inside the fences that is deemed as. Public health as imperialism"s handmaiden or its humanitarian face: commercial exploitation, ecological altercations: canals, ditches, swamps, sewage. Created breeding systems that did not exist prior for diseases such: productivity as malaria, raw material extraction: mining, oil, fruit plantation, development.
