Why Should Businesses Support Public Health?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089011712110090
Author(s):  
Inge Myburgh ◽  
Ron Z. Goetzel ◽  
Enid Chung Roemer ◽  
Karen B. Kent
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Business Involvement

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to gain support from the business community for rebuilding a more effective and resilient public health infrastructure in the U.S. This commentary provides the rationale for more engaged business involvement in efforts to promote public health during the time of COVID-19. Drawing on the current pandemic, the commentary highlights the implications of a fragmented public health system for businesses and the nation at large, the shortcomings of which are apparent as never before.

scholarly journals Progress of health care in rural India: a critical review of National Rural Health Mission

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gopalakrishnan ◽  
A. Immanuel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
National Rural Health Mission ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure

National rural health mission (NRHM) was initiated in the year 2005 in eleventh five year plan, with the objective of providing quality health care services to the rural population. The mission brought out salient strategies by involving various sectors and forging partnerships with various organizations to unify health and family welfare services into a single window. Though the mission strived for a sustainable health care system, it did not envisage certain challenges in implementation. The public health system in India could take off from the foundations laid by the NRHM to overcome these challenges, in order to achieve various goals of health and development and put India on the road map of healthful development. The objective of this review article is to critically evaluate the implementation of national rural health mission and highlight its success and to make recommendations on the future health care planning and implementation in achieving universal health coverage for the rural India. NRHM has been a mammoth effort by the Union Government to build the public health infrastructure of the nation. The mission deserves its credit for empowering the rural India in health care, especially in States with poor health related indicators. NRHM has been a pioneer in reiterating the need for community participation, coupled with intersectoral convergence, to bring about a paradigm shift in the indicators, which has been reasonably achieved in most of the States. Taking forward the foundations laid by the NRHM, it is essential for the forthcoming policies and plans to focus on capacity building, not only on the infrastructure and technical aspects, but also on streamlining the health workforce, which is crucial to sustaining the public health infrastructure. The public health system in India should take off from the foundations laid by the NRHM. There is an imminent need to focus on forging a sustainable public private partnership, which will deliver quality services, and not compromise on the principles and identity of the public health system of the country, in its pursuit to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals Emerging Health Security Threats and Impact of Bioterrorism on the U.S. National Security

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Rubina Ali ◽  
Inamullah Jan ◽  
Muhammad Shoaib Malik
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Deliberate Release ◽  
The U.S

Bioterrorism fear increases after the deliberate release of biological agents at the end of the twentieth century. Letters containing anthrax powder were posted through the U.S. postal system which produces fear among the population. The anthrax assaults after 9/11 made the nation conscious that the public health system is ill-prepared to administer a large-scale emergency. Bioterrorism issue is associated with the deliberate spreading of dangerous diseases thus how comprehensive bioterrorism prevention measures should be taken. Hence, the emergence of bioterrorism has enforced the US administration to transform its national security policy against nontraditional threats. The article shows how bioterror remains a credible threat and poses substantial challenges to the U.S. public health system. Additionally, analysis reveals how resilient public health infrastructure is dominant not only to shielding and enhancing the publics health security but also crucial for the nations security.

scholarly journals Investing in Public Health Infrastructure to Address the Complexities of Homelessness

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8887
Author(s):  
John P. Allegrante ◽  
David A. Sleet
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Significant Public Health Problem ◽  
Significant Public Health

Homelessness is now recognized as a significant public health problem in North America and throughout advanced economies of the world. The causes of homelessness are complex but the lack of affordable housing, unemployment, poverty, addiction, and mental illness all contribute to the risk for homelessness. We argue that homelessness is increasingly exacerbated by system-wide infrastructure failures occurring at the municipal, state, and federal government levels and whose catastrophic impacts on population health and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic are the consequence of the decades-long devolution of government and neglect to invest in public infrastructure, including a modern public health system.

scholarly journals Cooperação Técnica Sul-Sul, Capacidades Estatais e Desenvolvimento Social: o caso do projeto de fortalecimento da autoridade sanitária do Haiti

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-174
Author(s):  
Douglas Valletta Luz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Health System ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Authority ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Military Command ◽  
The Military

Desde que o Brasil assumiu o comando militar da MINUSTAH, em 2004, o Haiti adquiriu centralidade em suas relações internacionais. No campo da Saúde, em 2010 foi estabelecida a Cooperação Tripartite Brasil-Cuba Haiti e foi firmado o “BRA/10/005 - Projeto de cooperação Sul-Sul de fortalecimento da autoridade sanitária do Haiti”, instrumento por meio do qual o Brasil executa a maior parte de seus compromissos na Cooperação. Entre suas principais atividades, estão a construção e a reforma de infraestruturas físicas, aquisição de veículos e equipamentos para o sistema público de saúde haitiano, e a manutenção e custeio de serviços, que não seriam ações de fortalecimento de capacidades preconizadas pela orientação tradicional da cooperação brasileira. Este trabalho buscou compreender como a concepção do BRA/10/005 aborda o desenvolvimento de capacidades estatais para o fortalecimento da saúde pública no Haiti. AbstractSince Brazil had the military command of MINUSTAH, in 2004, Haiti has acquired centrality in their international relations. In 2010, the "BRA/10/005- South-South cooperation project to strengthen Haiti's health authority" was signed as the instrument through which Brazil implements most of the commitments made by Tripartite Cooperation Brazil-Cuba-Haiti on health. Among its main activities, there are: building and reforming health infrastructure; purchasing of vehicles and equipment for the public health system; and maintaining the services of the built infrastructures. These activities would not be recommended by the traditional guidance of Brazilian cooperation for strengthening capacities. This study sought to understand how the design of the BRA/10/005 addresses State capacity-building to strengthen public health in Haiti.

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