Read In a Rocket Made of Ice. Answer the following questions. Your paper can be broken up into corresponding sections.
Section A /20
You MUST answer the following questions:
Apply and discuss concepts that you have learned about global health to the story of Wat Opot. Specifically refer to the following concepts, although you are free to mention others that we have explored together.
1.PACES
2. Amartya Sen’s capability framework
3.The social determinants of health
4. Poverty
5. Access to essential medicines
6. Health is a human right
7. The universal declaration of human rights
8. Millennium development goals
9. Sustainable development goals
10.The social impact of HIV/AIDS
11.Child health and mortality
12. Burden of disease
Eight additional concepts from lectures and the textbook that you get to choose
Section B /20
Apply FOUR concepts that you have learned in this course to the stories of FIVE characters in Wat Opot. Be specific and clear. Each character should have FOUR concepts applied to them.
Section C /20
If you could personally seek development aid in a non-US foreign country, what would you want to do,where, for whom, for how long, why, and who would benefit. Remember our class exercise in your answer. Who would you collaborate with to ensure feasibility?How would you integrate a sustainability plan so that the country does not return to its former state after your aid project ends? Find REAL organizations that are credible in the program content areas you are addressing. Ensure that your personnel are qualified and credible. Feel free to identify real experts that you would rope into your project to add to its credibility. You can feel free to reach out to these experts – let’s call them key informants – to learn about their career and their advice to you in global health fieldwork implementation. This is called an informational interview. You can ask them general questions about global health and what it takes to make a project successful. If you do this, please quote them in this section and share key takeaways that you have learned.
Section D /10
How has reading this story personally impacted you? What has it taught you about global health as you encountered the stories of children affected by HIV/AIDS? This is your opportunity to summarize the concepts that you saw come to life in the story of Wat Opot and its impact on you as a future leader in global health.
Include the following table as your cover page when you turn it in as a word document.
Please submit your assignment to me electronically.
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Total /70 |
Comments |
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Section DL/1/2/3 |
(Write your section number here) |
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Section A |
/20 |
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Section B |
/20 |
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Section C |
/20 |
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Section D |
/10 |