Governments worldwide have a social contract to provide better
healthcare for their citizens. However this is better said than done.
Third world countries in particular are allocating more to military
than healthcare. Talk of misplaced priorities.
Even in the first (or fast) world America is struggling to provide
proper effective healthcare. This has been a headache which they have
been trying to grapple with since the Clinton administration through
the Bush administration and now the Obama administration.
Africa is a sad case when it comes to healthcare. In absence of
government services, NGO's and aid-related agencies have stepped to at
least provide basic services. The needs are vast as one wonders
whether their focus should be aimed at HIV/AIDS related causes,
Maternal & Childcare Healthcare (MCH), now resurgent cholera or the
new fast spreading swine flu (H1N1) among others.
Efforts on good practice awareness must continously be encouraged.
This can be achieved through many different fora using (cash-strapped)
goverment workers, NGO's, CBO's, community health workers and
volunteers. The message must be continously and tirelessly preached.
The knowledge taught to the people especially the rural masses is
indeed a step towards the right direction in making their lives
healthier.
Clean and available water is key to good hygiene. There seems to be
water water everywhere yet citizens struggle to have this essential
commodity at their doorstep. Kenya is a sad example as taps, dams,
rivers and catchment areas are drying up due to sheer negligence and
dare I say corruption. Shockingly enough even India is now rationing
water usage throughout the country. At least India have acknowledged
the problem and are working to manage the situation. For Kenya, with a
heavy heart, I dare not say the same.
healthcare for their citizens. However this is better said than done.
Third world countries in particular are allocating more to military
than healthcare. Talk of misplaced priorities.
Even in the first (or fast) world America is struggling to provide
proper effective healthcare. This has been a headache which they have
been trying to grapple with since the Clinton administration through
the Bush administration and now the Obama administration.
Africa is a sad case when it comes to healthcare. In absence of
government services, NGO's and aid-related agencies have stepped to at
least provide basic services. The needs are vast as one wonders
whether their focus should be aimed at HIV/AIDS related causes,
Maternal & Childcare Healthcare (MCH), now resurgent cholera or the
new fast spreading swine flu (H1N1) among others.
Efforts on good practice awareness must continously be encouraged.
This can be achieved through many different fora using (cash-strapped)
goverment workers, NGO's, CBO's, community health workers and
volunteers. The message must be continously and tirelessly preached.
The knowledge taught to the people especially the rural masses is
indeed a step towards the right direction in making their lives
healthier.
Clean and available water is key to good hygiene. There seems to be
water water everywhere yet citizens struggle to have this essential
commodity at their doorstep. Kenya is a sad example as taps, dams,
rivers and catchment areas are drying up due to sheer negligence and
dare I say corruption. Shockingly enough even India is now rationing
water usage throughout the country. At least India have acknowledged
the problem and are working to manage the situation. For Kenya, with a
heavy heart, I dare not say the same.
