GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: Health

Question 1

Key Trends in Health

Answer 1

• Broad correlation between a country’s per capita income and it’s healthcare quality
• Western countries’ majority of deaths are non-infectious diseases and lifestyle factors
• In developing countries, main threat is still diseases; cholera, malaria, HIV

Question 2

Modernisation view on Health in relation to development

Answer 2

• Expect health patterns of developing countries to follow that of the developed world in the past
• Developing countries are entering the epidemiologic transition, before this, infectious disease is widespread and a major cause of death

Question 3

Dependency view on Health in relation to development

Answer 3

• Argue that there is no reason to assume today’s developing countries can simply follow the path of the rich world
• Power of TNCs, sell their products to advertise them
• Pharmaceutical TNCs being reluctant to make their medicines available at affordable prices
• Pollution and environmental damage caused by TNCs can affect health