Sunday, December 7, 2014

Globalization Blog Post #7

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Globalization Blog Post
1.     What are some of the ways IT has improved health care as mentioned in the website?
-        Prevention and the control of emerging infectious diseases
-        Patient to health care provider interaction
-        Rapid dissemination of information
-        Improved responses to outbreak situations

2.     How can health officials use technology to study the impact of health interventions and disease prevention programs? 
-        Digital records and images utilizing digital cameras have made it possible for doctors around the world to share information or offer advice on treatments for complicated ailments. For example, using the internet connection, doctors working in remote regions of northern Uganda during an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus would be able to rapidly transmit their findings to experts at the world health organization in Geneva and the U.S. centers for diseases control in Atlanta.

3.     What types of countries can benefit from distance learning the most and how? Discuss specific examples of how distance learning can be used.
-        The countries that can benefit from distance learning are the United States, Brazil, and India and so on.
-        Distance learning can be used by lessons delivered through computers which can be interactive and also gives students real time feedback on their work and enables them to work at their own pace. Kids often enjoy working with computers, so when they are in the class room, computers can create excitement about learning among students.
-        Another example is that the government aid agencies, foundations, and private firms sponsor numerous distance education programs to teach skills to a wide variety of developing country professionals, government officials, engineers, scientist, and businesspeople. This can strengthen the people who are called upon to provide leadership in developing countries in a wide variety of social welfare, economic, and political fields.






Work Cited
"Health Care." Globalization101. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2014. <http://www.globalization101.org/health-care/>.


"Education." Globalization101. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2014. <http://www.globalization101.org/education/>.


"Technology." Globalization101. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014. <http://www.globalization101.org/category/issues-in-depth/technology/>.






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