SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Canadian Medical Association, Structural Adjustment, Global Health

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1430
• Professor: Miguel Gonzalez

Document Summary

Global health: theory and practice, and global delivery. 1: social determinants of health, organizations, institutions, funding, conclusions: challenges in global health delivery. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth, kill 358,000 women everyday - completely preventable. Canada - 1 in 5,600 (life time risk in dying from the reasons above) Low-income countries, life expectancy is 59 years (on average), 600 millions live there. Human development - combination of life expectancy, income, and education. Life expectancy - good indicator of wellbeing and human development. In canada - life expectancy is 80. Public funding to health - huge disparities worldwide. The wealthier, the healthier - more public spending in health systems, therefore, health of that population will be better. Us - most health spending per capita in the world - however, access to healthcare is very unequal - blacks, indigenous, homeless, and women are vulnerable. Social conditions determining health outcomes of a given population;