Discussion Post: Global Health
a) Introduction: Introduce your country of interest to your classmates and describe general information such as location, size, and population demographics.
b) Health Indicators: Discuss the importance of measuring key health indicators as discussed in Chapter 2 of your text. Include current statistics for your identified country related to health status indicators. Discuss the leading cause of death in your country. Compare and contrast your country's health indicators to those of the United States. What are some risk factors that potentially affect health in your webcountry?
c) Identify common communicable and non-communicable diseases in your selected country. Include COVID-19 and the impact to your webcountry. Describe challenges to the prevention and control of these diseases in your selected country. Include COVID-19 and specific challenges in your webcountry. Describe current measures in place or potential measures to prevent, control or improve the burden of these diseases in your selected country.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.