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Assignment: Issues in Public Health
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Assignment: Issues in Public Health
Your task is to search for three news articles or news videos published within the
last 12 months that relate to three different public health issues. These must be
news-based rather than blogs, editorials, advertisements, or opinion pieces.
Once you have found three news articles, submit the links via email to your teacher
for approval.
Note
Do not start writing the summary and opinion until you receive feedback from your
teacher.
When choosing the article, please keep the following in mind:
must be related to public health
should be an article that you find interesting
must be a news article and not an opinion piece, editorial, or blog
must be from within the past 12 months of you choosing the article
must be between 500 and 1000 words in length*
*There is some flexibility with this point. Your teacher will not be counting words. You
must choose an article that is long enough to allow you to demonstrate your
summary writing skills but not too long to make the task more difficult.
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6/12/22, 9:38 AM
Assignment: Issues in Public Health
Once your teacher has provided feedback on the three articles of your choice, read
the articles carefully (possibly more than once), and write a summary of each article
making connections to public health, as well as your opinion on the issues raised.
Assessment Details
Your submission should include the following:
Your complete article summaries and opinion on the issue written in your own
words
All in-text citations and a reference list according to the APA style guide for
sources used in your submission
Upload your work to the Assignment: Issues in Public Health Dropbox.
Submit this assignment to the dropbox. This assignment will be evaluated for a grade that will
contribute to your overall final grade in this course.
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Summary of Articles
Tala Naksho
SNC4M c26+
MaY 21, 2022
Summary of Aljazeera News Article
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Achieving individual rights to sanitation and water during the pandemic of Covid-19 was
the greatest concern by the world organizations like the United Nations.
The UN CEO hosted
Sanitation and Water all Partnerships. Several years after the United Nations launched sanitation
and water as human rights, the universe gets itself reeling from the overwhelming fee of
Covid-19, a sickness besides which washing of hand and cleanliness are the primary shape of
defense. Prior to the plague hit, half of the world’s populace could not afford a better
hand-washing facility. Many governments had to increase stipulation of community
hand-washing stations during the pandemic.
Inadequate sanitation and water not only threat millions of lives, particularly those of
children and women but also affect a lot of growth goals together with sexual category equality,
climate flexibility, stillness, and learning. Many UN’s developments depend in a number of ways
upon people having access to enough clean water and hygiene. Lack of water and sanitation does
not live in separation; it becomes a part of a net of orderly challenges and persistent beneath
–and misdirected asset in the segment.
Germany and Spain have been two of the country’s most horrible strike by COVID-19; so
far have achieved their global help. Germany refocused its worldwide growth help to holistically
speak to defensive dealings to conserve health and decrease risks across the BMZ One plan.
Spain has emphasized the call for the want for supply of intake water and sanitation in
susceptible neighborhoods, promoted cleanliness and hand-washing procedures, and customized
cleanliness and hand-washing rallies. Building onward out of the deadly disease is a possibility
we have to grab without setback. To be victorious, we must reinforce political determination to
the uppermost level in errand of sanitation, water and cleanliness.
Summary of BBC News Article
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The WHO says that many cases of Monkey Pox have been reported in many countries
across the world like Italy, Sweden, Spain and others. Monkey pox is the majority in distant parts
of middle and West Africa which is an uncommon illness which is typically serene and out of
which most citizens get well in a few weeks as per the UK‘s National Health Service. There is no
exact vaccine for monkey pox, though a smallpox jab provides a higher percentage defense
because the two viruses are fairly alike.
Commerce and schools have been congested awaiting local establishment proclaim there
are no infections in a city’s lively inhabitants. However, some rules have been unperturbed so
those publics with gentle symptoms no longer require going to designated hospitals, and
quarantining era rules have been condensed. For example China has been a country treatment the
virus moderately productively since the start of the plague.
Harsh climatic conditions have been a great threat to the human activities and their health
has been relatively affected. Climatic conditions like Tornados have been seen destroying roofs,
cars and property worth a lot of money. For example, neighboring media quoted police as saying
the 38-year-old man died in the town of Wittgert. Another critical climatic condition which has
been troubling the human nature is emission of harmful gases from the industries which have
played a major part in global warming. This global warming has brought up acid rain which has
come up with various diseases like cancer which is a major threat to human health.
Wars too have been sampled by the BBC news desk as a threat to human sanitation and
social development in some countries. For example Moldova is one of the poorest European
countries because refugees from Ukraine have fled to this country for their rescue hence making
the country unable to give out better sanitation and social amenities to its citizens in the country.
Summary of CNN News Article
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United States as the greatest world’s super power has come up with a program that will
help to stop the increased suicide cases within the country. They call it the 988 which is under
the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number which anyone should use enquire for mental
health issue. CNN says that amongst high school learners, for example, the abuse of
recommendation opioid drugs is linked with the rise in the risk for suicide-related behaviors. A
research shows us that a one out of three high school learner who was reported to be using drugs
said they once had attempted suicide in their lifetime.
Suicide rates in United States increased by 30% between the year 2000 and 2018 and
later declined in 2019and 2020.The research says that almost 46000people died by suicide in
2020. To lower the numbers further the states launched the 988 system which is mandatory to all
the states. Another international threat according to CNN News desk is the incoming spread of
prostate cancer. This type of sickness majorly affects the prostate glands located beneath the
bladder in men. US health department says there is no standard test for Prostate Cancer.
CNN also brings on board news On board the way people should stay in order to become
happy and become more grateful which leads to one healthier than become. You may not have
everything you want probably but that should not make you ungrateful .Everyone has a million
reason to be grateful but it depends on how you look on your situation. In order to get in touch
with the thankfulness and have the health remuneration of doing so, one should look out for a
easier way to count his blessings.
Elasticity is also one more way of coping with stress and ordeal and is also connected
with thankfulness. Research have exposed that that counting blessings was used as a factor in
managing post–traumatic pressure for Vietnam War veterans and an effectual coping plan for
many after the 9/11 attack.
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