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Joint
Health Academy Research Paper
English/Gov’t & Econ/Physiology
Research Question: What are the correlations between a developing country’s ( Insert your country name here) political and socio-economic profile and its use of resources to address the causes of mortality and general well being of it population.
Action: What steps could be taken to optimize the allocation of resources to better your country’s mortality rate and general well being of its population. Explain in detail.
What to do:
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Complete your country profile (Harmon)
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10 source cards (Hohl)
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Research diseases/cause of mortality/correlation
(Brothwell)
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10 source cards (Hohl)
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Reference Page
(Hohl/Harmon/Brothwell)
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Organize the outline based on #
a-e (Harmon/Hohl)
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Rough Draft/Peer Editing
(Hohl/Brothwell) Due date: 5/11
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Final submission 5/18 to all
core HA teachers
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Presentations due TBD (
Newscast)
Basic Requirements:
● APA
Format- See Purdue Owl Website https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
● Minimum of
8-10 sources = 20-30 sources cards (sorted by topic)
Sources should be reputable and come from a variety of
sources ( websites, journals, articles, videos, interviews, etc.)- No
Wikipedia. Avoid personal blogs- See notes for additional help in evaluating sources
or go to: http://tinyurl.com/zw2hzjb
Congo Research Paper
Name
Institution/Affiliation
Date
1.0
Introduction
Over
the past decade, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been
characterized by increased levels of conflicts resulting in devastating
implications on the country’s civilian population. According to IRC (2007), DR
Congo has witnessed food shortages, mass displacement and above all the
collapse of health systems leading to significant elevations of mortality rate.
It is estimated that close to 70% of the Congolese population does not have
access to medical care (WHO, 2012). Despite the signing of the peace accord in
2002, the country has continued to be faced by smaller conflicts that have
subsequently stretched the available inadequate health resources. This has
resulted in the health system to suffer due to the lack of adequate investment
complemented by the deliberate attacks of aggressive factions on health
facilities. Therefore, the long-running
war has ensured that the country does not have proper health care to cater to
the increased health needs hence increasing the mortality rate. There is the
need for the DR Congo government to optimize the allocation of the national
resources so that to improve the mortality rate and enhance the general well
being of its population.
2.0
Allocation of resources
According to IRC (2007), most of the deaths in DR Congo
are attributed to preventable diseases this is despite the security concerns as
only 0.4 percent of all deaths are caused by violence. The majority of deaths are caused by
malnutrition and neonatal- and pregnancy-related conditions, infectious
diseases and so on. To improve the mortality rate in DR Congo, the government
will have to optimize its resource allocation policies in the medical system. A
lot has been written regarding DR Congo government resource allocation issues
in the health sector with the aim of improving the mortality rate. However,
there is so little discussion involving the required steps that can be followed
to aid in the process of optimizing the allocation of resources. Daniels (2016)
asserts that to improve the healthcare systems then it is essential the most of
investments is directed towards public health so that to reduce population
health risks. Therefore, the DR Congo government could use pre-defined resource
allocation strategies to improve the country’s health systems.
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Resource capacity planning
The DR Congo government has to ensure that the resources available for use meet both the current and future health sector requirements cost-effectively. Therefore, the government through the Ministry of Health will have to identify the most vulnerable segments of the population while coming up with...
