PPHS 511 Lecture 4: PPHS 511 week 4

• School: McGill University
• Department: Population and Public Health Studies
• Course: PPHS 511
• Professor: Madhukar Pai

Document Summary

There are several divides and disagreements in global health : : positive vs negative health impact: positive health impacts. Diffusion of knowledge and technologies : - improving health services. Improving food and water availability (eg : irrigation technologies) => easy diffusion of technologies and ideas. Improvements in health care or sanitation due to economic development => globalization reduces inequity between countries. Eg : american health care system could learn from innovations in india. Global governance efforts, such as who"s framework convention on tabacco control and who"s. Increased access to affordable food supplies due to free trade: negative health impacts. Spread of infectious diseases due to increased movement of goods and people => diseases can spread easily. Spread of unhealthy lifestyles due to, for example, cultural globalization, global trade and marketing. Health risks due to global environmental change : globalization adversaly affects climate change. Decreased government spending on public services due to, for example, structural adjustment.