what is one major impact of globalization on health care?
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Globalization is associated with a number of flows that have direct and indirect effects on health. Increased pathogen flows: Whether it is the risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis or pandemic influenza, the movement of people means the transport of pathogens.
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◦ Globalization has helped lift millions of people out of poverty. ◦ Globalization has helped raise the scores of developing countries on the Human Development Index (HDI). Globalization has HURT economic development. ◦ Many people in less developed countries (LDCs) still live in extreme poverty.
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Overall, globalization has profound influence on nation-state in political, economical and cultural fields. These three aspects both threatened the nation-state, it weaken their sovereignty and make their economic activities unstable and easy to undermine their national culture due to the cultural globalization.
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Enhanced international economic participation has also resulted from globalization. Bringing together a flexible labor market, increased trading opportunities, and enhanced communication systems, more countries can now participate in the international market.
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Activists have pointed out that globalization has led to an increase in the consumption of products, which has impacted the ecological cycle. Increased consumption leads to an increase in the production of goods, which in turn puts stress on the environment.
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The growing impact of ICT (information and communications technologies) on globalisation can be evidenced by the fact that it has led to a rapid application of recent scientific advances in new products and processes, a high rate of innovation across various countries, as well as a shift to more knowledge-intensive ...
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Influence on Human Health of Changes Related to Globalization. The figure is a schematic representation of the three major domains — social, economic, and environmental — within which globalizing processes and changes are occurring.
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Some of the consequences and impacts of globalization are: exposure of domestic agriculture to international competition, growth of non-agricultural sector and its impact on demand for agricultural products, urban middle class life style changes including diets, rising food imports in developing countries, ...
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After controlling for relevant individual and country level factors, globalization as a whole is substantially and significantly associated with an increase in the individual propensity to be overweight among women. Surprisingly, political and social globalization dominate the influence of the economic dimension.
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Globalization, of course, does more than simply increase the availability of foreign-made consumer products and disrupt traditional producers. It is also increasing international trade in cultural products and services, such as movies, music, and publications.
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Economic globalization refers to the increasing interdependence of world economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities and services, flow of international capital and wide and rapid spread of technologies.
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['Communication. One of the areas where technology has made the biggest impact is in the realm of communication. ... ', 'Education. Computers and the Internet have transformed education. ... ', 'Health. Technology has had a huge impact on the healthcare industry. ... ', 'Productivity.']
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Globalization creates on the one hand, new opportunities for cooperation, and on the other, tensions and problems. For example, free trade can generate economic growth, but on the other hand increases pollution and unsustainable consumption of natural resources.
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Increased consumption leads to an increase in the production of goods, which in turn puts stress on the environment. Globalization has also led to an increase in the transportation of raw materials and food from one place to another.
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These countries have seen a declining economic growth rate, loss of jobs, low incomes, and poor education and health provision. The income gap is widening not only between, but also within countries. 3. Globalization has substantially changed the job market, to which young people, as newcomers, are “most vulnerable”.
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Globalization is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across national borders and cultures. In economic terms, it describes an interdependence of nations around the globe fostered through free trade.
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Another 21% see improvements to health, medicine and medical research as benefits of technology. Other ways technology is seen to have a positive effect on society include increased knowledge and understanding, improvements in industry and jobs and an interconnectedness of the world as a result of globalization.