Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 300, maximum 400 words PER QUESTION SINGLE spaced. Referenced with two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.
- Highlighted the importance of communicating disease threats to international authorities. Based on that how important do you think it is for governments like the United States to support international health organizations for the sake of public health? Please review the article from the link below.
- 2. Identify what you believe to be the most pressing issue in public health. Why is this the most important matter? What do you recommend to address the issue?
- What are the International Health Regulations? How do they apply (or not) to the United States?
You can also use references that you deem fit to answer the questions.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) had explained several pressing issues before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 700000 people worldwide. I think the most pressing issue in public health is the reluctance to adhere to the prevention guidelines for different diseases. Indeed, vaccination hesitancy is a major pressing issue in public health (WHO, 2019). It reverses the progress made in tackling the vaccine-related preventable disease. It is part of a major social transformation in which individuals have declined commitment to public health prevention efforts. The increasing role of social variables in health intervention has increased individual questioning the effectiveness of the available guidelines. The incidence of diseases such as measles and polio due to complex reasons leads to a resurgence in some countries that almost eliminated it. The reasons why vaccination hesitancy is most important are complex. Lack of confidence and mistrust between healthcare organizations and policymakers is a critical threat to public health (Hanson et al., 2018). Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there are rising mistrust cases with people questioning the credibility and trustworthiness of the available information.
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