THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FATE OF POPULATION HEALTH =================================================== ================================================== THIS TOPIC IS PART OF MY RESEARCH PROJECT AND INDEPENDENT STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON POPULATION HEALTH DURING POLITICAL CONFLICTS. POLITICS PLAYS A GREAT ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN, PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFICIENT PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SECTORS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT POPULATION HEALTH ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES WHEN THE HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MISSING OR INCAPABLE OF MEETING THE PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS OF THE POPULATIONS AS POPULATION HEALTH INCREASE AT AN ALARMING RATE WHILE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE VITAL DOMAINS OF HUMAN SURVIVAL REMAIN STAGNANT AND UNDERDEVELOPED WITHOUT ENOUGH FUNDING AND TRAINING OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND INTERVENTIONS OF EXISTING PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND LOOK AT THE EMERGING THREATS IN EMERGING DISEASES AND BACTERIA RESISTANT TO CONVENTIONAL MEDICINES THAT NECESSITATE URGENT FUNDING FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH THAT MUST INVOLVE ALL THE KEY DOMAIN OF POPULATION EVERYDAY'S SURVIVAL NAMELY : WATER , FOOD, NUTRITION, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIETAL BEHAVIORS WHICH MUST GO TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES AFFECTING THE GLOBE. AS THE WORLD IS CONFRONTED WITH MANY SOCIALAND ECONOMIC, AND HEALTH CHALLENGES CREATING THE OPEN DOORS TO DIFFERENT CONFLICTS THAT AFFECT VULNERABLE POPULATION AND THEIR WELL-BEING. PUBLIC HEALTH AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY DOMAIN WITH AN INDIVISIBLE NATURE OF INTERCONNECTED DOMAINS THAT MUST HAVE STRONG LINK TO SOLVE SOME OF HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHES, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED LOCAL POPULATIONS. THESE UNTIMELY MOVEMENT OF LOCAL POPULATION HAS A SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARD TO THE LOCAL POPULATION THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO CATER FOR THEIR BASIC FOOD, HEALTH, SHELTER, EDUCATION WHICH ARE IN MOST CASES IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CENTRAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL CONFLICTS FACING SERIOUS PRESSURE TO PROVIDE THESE BASIC LIFE NECESSITIES TO THE LOCAL DISPLACED POPULATION. THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE LEFT ALONE TO DEAL WITH THESE SUDDEN, UNPLANNED HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHES HENCE THE NEED FOR THE INTERVENTION BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHICH NORMALLY PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED SUCH AS MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOODSTUFFS, CLOTHES, MAKE-SHIFT SHELTERS TO PROTECT THESE LOCALLY DISPLACED POPULATION. THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICTS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY COUNTRIES WITH EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO AVERT THE MORTALITY RATE IN THE POPULATION BY HELPING THE LOCAL COUNTRIES OR GOVERNMENT WITH INNOVATIVE AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHED TO PUBLIC HEALTH THAT MUST INVOLVED ALL THE SERVICES WITH THE ASSISTANCE IN THE CAPACITY BUILDING AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS , EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RISK ASSESSMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT TO PROTECT THESE VULNERABLE DISPLACED POPULATION FROM HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS. THESE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS MUST INVOLVED ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP THESE LOCALLY DISPLACED POPULATION WITH SUPPORT AND COMPASSION THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST SET UP REGULAR MONITORING OF POPULATION HEALTH STATUS WITH REGULAR SCREENING, VACCINATION, AND SURVEILLANCE METHODS CRUCIAL TO PROTECT, PREVENT, AND PROLONG THE LIVES OF DISPLACED POPULATION BY USING EFFECTIVE INNOVATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH METHODS, INTEGRATIVE ENGAGEMENT MODELS, EFFICIENT PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOCUSING ON PROACTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL CHANGE OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE WITH PROPER HYGIENE OBSERVATION AND EDUCATION TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND PROTECT THE LIVES OF LOCAL POPULATIONS AND THEIR HEALTH AND THE REGULAR TESTING AND SCREENING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EMERGING DISEASES ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN, ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND THE AT RISK POPULATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASES . FOR THIS REASON, PUBLIC HEALTH IS A VERY CRITICAL DOMAIN THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED AS THE SOLUTION TO POPULATION HEALTH, PRODUCTIVE, STABILITY, AND PEACE.
