Globalisation and its features Globalization and health effect

1. Globalization
Sandeep Ghimire
Kantipur Academic of Health Sciences
2018

2. Globalization
• Globalization means different things to
different people
• Globalization is a confusing concept
– electronic communications
– Trade
– greed
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3. Globalization
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4. • 'Globalization is the flow of
information, goods, capital and
people across political and economic
boundaries.' (Daulaire,1999)
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6. • 'the process of closer interaction of human
activity across a range of spheres, including
the economic, social, political and cultural,
experienced along three dimensions: spatial,
temporal and cognitive'.
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7. Spatial changes
• Globalization affects how we perceive
and experience physical or territorial
space
• Movement of people, other life forms,
information, capital, goods and services
has not only intensified across the
borders of countries but, in some cases,
has rendered national borders irrelevant.
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8. Temporal changes
• Globalization affects how we perceive and
experience time.
• On the one hand, social interaction is
speeding up through modern communication
and transportation technologies
• “Hooked on speed”, we race through life
under ever-increasing pressure to “multitask”,
eat fast food, obtain instant credit, and even
“speed date”.
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9. Cognitive changes
• Globalization is profoundly influencing how we
see ourselves and the world around us
• The main agents of change here are the mass
media, the advertising industry, consultancy
firms, research institutions, political parties,
religious groups and other institutions seeking to
win “hearts and minds”
• In the process, our cultures, wants or perceived
needs, values, beliefs, knowledge and aspirations
are being changed
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10. Features of globalisation
New global
governance
structure
Globalization influences the
interdependence among nations as well as
the nation state's sovereignty leading to (a
need for) new global governance structures
Global
markets
Globalization is characterized by worldwide
changes in economic infrastructures and
the emergence of global markets and a
global trading system
Global
communicati
on and
diffusion of
information
Globalization makes the sharing of
information and the exchange of
experiences around common problems
possible.
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11. Global mobility Global mobility is characterised by a
major increase in the extensity,
intensity and velocity of movement and
by a wide variety in 'types' of mobility.
Cross-cultural
interaction
Globalising cultural flows result in
interactions between global and local
cultural elements.
Global
environmental
changes
Global environmental threats to
ecosystems include global climate
change, loss of biodiversity, global
ozone depletion and the global decline
in natural areas.
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12. Globalization and Health Effect
• Globalization is both an opportunity and
a threat
• We need to examine both aspects
• the benefits may be undermined by
harms
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13. • the identification of all possible health effects
of the globalization process goes far beyond
the current capacity of our mental ability to
capture the dynamics of our global system;
due to our ignorance and interdeterminacy of
the global system that may be out of reach
forever (Martens,2002)
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14. • Economic Transformation:
–Financial Volatility,
– Marginalization,
– Labour Insecurity
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15. • The increasing trade in health services can
have profound implications for provision of
proper health care.
• Although it is perceived as to improve the
consumer's choice, some developments are
believed to have long-term dangers
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16. • Such as establishing a two-tier health system,
movement of health professionals from the
public sector to the private sector, inequitable
access to health care and the undermining of
national health systems
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17. • Due to the widespread flow of people,
information and ideas, lifestyles also spread
throughout the world. It is already widely
acknowledged and demonstrated that several
modern behavioural factors such as an
unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, smoking,
alcohol misuse and the use of illicit drugs are
having a profound impact on human health
(Beaglehole,2003)
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18. • A Growing Poverty Gap: Rising Health
Inequalities
• Health is increasingly perceived as a private
good leaving the law of the market to
determine whose health is profitable for
investment and whose health is not
(Hong,2000)
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19. • The Electronic Revolution: The Need for
Know-how
Increased (technological) knowledge resulting
from the diffusion of information can further
improve the treatment and prevention of all
kinds of illnesses and diseases.
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20. Reference
• Daulaire N. Globalization and health. Development 1999; 42: 4; 22-4
• Martens P, Rotmans J: Transitions in a globalising world. 2002, Lisse, Swets
& Zeitlinger
• Hong E: Globalisation and the impact on health: a third world view. 2000,
Issue paper prepared for The Peoples' Assembly, December 4-8, 2000,
Savar Bangladesh
• Beaglehole R, Yach D: Globalisation and the prevention and control of non-
communicable diseases: the neglected chronic diseases of adults. The
Lancet. 2003,
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21. Thank you
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