Global Health Disparities

1. Global Health Disparities

2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights • “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care.” Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

3. How the Right To Health RelatesTo Other Human Rights RIGHT TO HEALTH

4. World’s Poor: Question 1 1 in 5 people in the world Live on less than $1 a day -Human Devpt Report 2003 BBC: “World Inequality” 18th July 2001

5. The Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats! BBC: “World Inequality” 18th July 2001

6. A World of Water?Question 2 • 1.1 Billion people do not have access to clean water! • 2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation facilities Facts from UNDP Report 2003, Picture from BBC

7. Global Inequities Nutrition: Question 3 • One billion adults are overweight… • But 170 million children in poor countries underweight • Over three million die each year as a result of undernutrition Facts from UNDP Report 2003, Picture from CNN

8. Map of Hunger (among other things) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue3/0103p15.html

9. AIDS: Question 4 • 42 million infected with HIV/AIDS currently, • Over 95% in the developing world • Over 20 million orphans expected in 10 years time Facts from: AIDS Epidemic Update, 2002

10. Global Health Inequities:Medical research-Questions 5-6 • 10/90 Rule • Less than 10% of the world’s research budget is spent on conditions that account for 90% of the world’s diseases! Source: www.globalforumhealth.org

11. Global Health Disparities: Disease Burden-Question 7 • AIDS Kills 3 million a year • TB kills 2 million a year • Malaria kills 1 million a year Source: LancetVolume 354, Number 9178 14 August 1999

12. Child Mortality: Question 8 • 11 million preventable deaths a year • 30,000 a day • Leading causes include: respiratory infections, diarrhea and malaria Source: “Health: A Key To Prosperity” A World Bank Report

13. Health Outcomes by Country and Development Category, (1995–2000) Source: Human Development Report 2001, Table 8, and CMH calculations using WorldDevelopment Indicators of the World Bank, 2001.

14. Global Inequities: Life Expectancy • In developed countries life expectancy was 75.2 • 49.2 in the least developed countries • For persons born in 1999 Source: Human Development Report 2001, Table 8, and CMH calculations using WorldDevelopment Indicators of the World Bank, 2001.

15. What are the Two Biggest Threats to Global Health? • Tobacco- • Estimated to kill about 10 million people a year by 2030 • AIDS • Destabilizing nations, reversing development trends, inciting famines (kills off the farmers)

16. Don’t Despair!!! • Things that Medical Students have done to fight for global health justice

17. Education: Conferences Toxic Tours Curriculum Development International Health Experiences Activism: AIDS Network 04 Stop AIDS Health Action AIDS Week in March Human Rights Day Commemoration Medical Equipment and Textbook Recycling How YOUand others canchange the world ….

18. Education and Action… Global Health and Human Rights Political Leadership Institute • Who: 12-15 medical students • When: February 5-8, 2004 • Where: AMSA Offices of Reston, VA • Train to lobby & advocate • Learn about key issues in global health • Meet a vibrant group of fellow activists • Contact Connie Liu at cwl6@cwu.edu

19. IHMEC Western Regional Conf • “Bringing International Health Home” • Jan 30th-Feb 1st at Arizona Health Sciences Center • Large conference of over 500 attendees where international health curriculum/opportunities/will be discussed • Contact Mary Foote, mfoote@email.arizona.edu

20. Education… Toxic Tours • Toxic Tour Pilot in Philly (Fall 2003) at the Region 1,2, 3 conference • A “tour” of Philadelphia’s environmental “hot spots” by an environmental justice organization • A “How to Guide” on setting up your own toxic tour will follow the pilot. Contact Patty Myung at patricia_myung@brown.edu

21. Education… The International Health Experience www.amsa.org/global/ih/intlintro.cfm

22. Action!!! Health Professional Students AIDS Action Network (HPSAAN) • Join Your Regional AIDS Listserve today! www.amsa.org/hpsaan.cfm • Create a regional speakers bureau • Educate your peers about debt, the Global Fund and Generic Medications • Be a Health Action AIDS week Coordinator

23. Activism….. Health Professional Students AIDS Action Network (HPSAAN)- Question 9 E-mail: Hpsaan@yahoo.com, Web: www.amsa.org/global/hpsaan.cfm

24. Other activities online…. • Medical Textbook Donation Programs! • Medical Instrument and Equipment Recycling Programs • AIDS Case Study, great resource for CO’s! And lots more…. www.amsa.org/global

25. Martin Luther King Jr…. As long as there is poverty in the world, I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people in this world cannot expect to live more than twenty-eight or thirty years, I can never be totally healthy, even if I just got a clean bill of health from the Mayo clinic. I can never be what I ought to be, until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world was made. No individual or nation can stand out boasting of being independent, we are interdependent.”