Global Health and Human Development
Description
Is good health simply the absence of physical disease, or should emotional well-being also be of concern to global aid organizations? This program profiles the work of Australia's Nossal Institute for Global Health to explain how psychological and social factors impact life expectancy and infant mortality. The video covers basic health needs, food scarcity, distribution of wealth, the UN's Human Development Index and its 2015 Millennium Development Goals, and some sustainable practices that have empowered a community in Ghana to maintain its health without relying on foreign aid.
Runtime
20 min
Subjects
- Social change (532)
- Social medicine (64)
- Medical policy (33)
- Public health (338)
- Health planning (100)
- Economic geography (159)
- Population policy (78)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2011
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=47481
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