Health and Nutrition of Developing Nations

Health and Nutrition of Developing NationsTimothy LeeIt may see as an overwhelming task when attempting to s commode the factors that are related to the health and nutrition of many, if not all, of the growing nations around the world. There is though one reoccurring factor that is constantly mentioned no matter where you pose your research into the issue, exiguity. The mentioning of the term developing nation has become synonymous with the term poverty in my own mind. The issue at hand is how to turn these nations from developing to developed, which in turn would also contribute to the improvement of proper health involve and adequate nutrition standards for all. From malaria stricken nations to malnourished nations across the developing spectrum poverty plays a authority. It is becoming more(prenominal) difficult now though to just blame poverty since there has been such a large influx in exotic aid to these developing nationsLL2. Help is being offered, and it is upon the citizens of these unhealthy nations to take full advantage of these benefits, even if that means teaching the local populations the benefits of say dormancy under a sleep together net or feeding your children proper nutritional meals even on the low income budget that they have, as a few of the Millennium Development Goals have referenced.SourceLL3 http//ih887.pbworks.com/w/page/5284039/Micronutrient%20DeficiencyOne of the biggest health related diseases that impacts such a large number of people and yet can be prevented is that of Malaria. In the case of providing bed nets to all families of developing nations to help in the prevention of malaria, the cost of providing the nets is very small and are in preferably ample supplyLL4. The benefits from using the bed nets, those being less infected citizens, stronger workforce due to the advancement of the individuals health, etc.., greatly outweigh any monetary costLL5. The individuals that would use the bed nets would get sick less often, be able to work harder, and the overall income gains would easily cover the initial costs plus more. There are devil sides to the argument of providing these simple bed nets for free. The first being that in developing nations where malaria is rearing, the poverty trap is so deep that they are to the order where they cant even afford to purchase the necessities for the prevention of the disease, thus people like Jeffery Sachs suggests that if we were to finance malaria eradication for these developing nations then they would end up on the reclaim side of his S-shaped curve on the road to opulence. The other side of the argument is that skeptics are not positive that malaria is the actual cause for that countries poverty and that maybe it is because of a corrupt government for their failure to eradicate malaria, and if that is true, then getting rid of the disease wouldnt help. In my credence, both arguments make valid points. It is reasonable to put up that a country i s poor because of the health of its citizens and if health improved then so to would its economyLL6. That being said, it could also be seen as being nave to gestate that the health of a nation would be the only factor in that nations economic well-beingLL7. Despite the size, governments of all countries play an enormous role in their citizens well-being health wise, economic wise, and etc. but to look at a poor country and determine that one cause, that being malaria in this case, is the reason for that nations poverty, in my opinion, would be a misinterpretation of the causes of poverty as a whole.Note that Malaria is not the only disease that is rampant and plaguing developing nations but is by far the easiest example to point to and say, It can be done, the it being the prevention of the disease, the repossession of several million able personate workers into the workforce, and ultimately the building of a weak economy. The next step for a developing nation would be to tackle t he nutritional standards of its population and ensure that those needs are being met in a way to guarantee that the population stays healthy. Just as micronutrient deficiencies can lead to increased susceptibility to pathogenic diseases, infectious disease can also contribute to micronutrient deficiencies since the body requires increased micronutrients when combating disease. Worldwide, between 140 and 250 million children suffer from Vitamin A deficiency (VADLL8).Primary VAD is usually caused by prolonged dietary deprivation, in particular lack of vegetables and wildcat products, and is particularly endemic in areas where rice is the staple food (Muller Krawinkel, 2005). The absence of adequate vegetables and animal products cannot be blamed on the average citizen but rather on the lack focus on the ecology, the economy, and the culture of the regions being observedLL9. Sachs view on the health of developing nations is that we should begin scaling up our efforts on the internati onal side and support community health workers. While in previous Sachs arguments, that being about(predicate) the poverty trap, I wouldve agreed with his views, but when it comes to providing educational matters related to health, or providing all the tools to a nation to improve their own health care transcription then when would that nation become self-sufficient and no longer need aid, educational help regarding nutrition, or their basic needs be met? LL10How long would we as the international community stand by and continuously pour money into these nations?In conclusion, there is without a doubt a definite need for foreign aid when it comes to the health and nutritional standards of developing nationsLL11. These countries are in a rut, also known as The Poverty Trap, and can only saddle horse out of such trap when the proper ladder is offered to help bring them out from the hole they find themselves in as Sachs explains it. This doesnt however explain these developing nati ons from all responsibilities involving their population and the providing of proper education, food, and economic well-being for its citizens. When a nation LL12has so called low-hanging fruits available to them but doesnt or wont take full advantage of these fruits even after the international community has exhausted its capabilities to educate, influence, and integrate proper health and nutritional standards then in my opinion said nations should be coerced LL13into following the protocol that other developing nations are following by having approximately sort of aid reduction policy use so that countries would feel obligated to begin doing for themselves what they should be doing all alongLL14, and until they show evidence of taking advantage of the low-hanging fruits.Works CitedLL15Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. Poor Economics A constitutional Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York Public Affairs, 2011. Print.Micronutrient Deficiency. Ih887 /. Web. 25 June 2015.Muller, O., Krawinkel, M., (2005)Malnutrition and Health in Developing Countries.CMAJ, 279-286.Sachs, Jeffrey. A Call to Scale-Up Community Health Workers. The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com. Web. 25 June 2015.LL1Nice affair Tim. Organization needs a little more work though. Its a little hard to tell if your focus is on aid or health, or both and youre missing a few opportunities to apply more critical analysis.Esp. conclusion seems a bit abrupt and doesnt seem to link closely to your intro.Its a bit short of the word count laid out in the syllabus, and a bit short on analysis and discussion in a few places.Otherwise, a nice project.Grade 80LL2Can you develop this more? How does the influx of aid make this more difficult?LL3Need to discuss/explain/introduce this graphic as part of your discussion. This is a bit choppy.LL4Need to cite these two claims.LL5According to who? So why dont more people use them?LL6Develop this argument a bit more.LL7Good point.LL8Cita tion? And why is this bad?LL9Can we blame any other factors? Why are there fewer elephants in Kenya than in Zinbabwe?LL10I think I get your basic point, but the wording /structure is making it hard to follow you.LL11Not sure youve established this point your intro seemed to suggest that you saw merit in the idea that aid might hurt more than helpLL12Do you mean the government/members of government or the population at large?LL13By who? We should send in the army?LL14Need to develop this idea a bit more in the preceding paragrphs what are some things that can be done, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of these proposals? Do they seem reasonable to you? Etc.LL15Works cited doesnt seem quite uniform