Mirai Chatterjee: Importance of Health and Economics
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Mirai Chatterjee explains the relationship between, and importance of, health and economics.
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- Source
- Commission on Social Determinants of Health — final report2
- Running time
- 1m 15s
- Filmed
- August 28, 2008
- Credits
- World Health Organization
- About Mirai Chatterjee
- Coordinator of Social Security for SEWA
Mirai Chatterjee is the Coordinator of Social Security for SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association), member, National Advisory Council and the National Commission for the Unorganized Sector in India.
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Around the world, large numbers of people suffer unnecessarily and die from often easily preventable illnesses and conditions. For example, an estimated 1 billion people lack access to health care systems while millions die each year from diseases such as malaria, Tuberculosis and AIDS.
While health service provision is a desire for most people, nations struggle to find sufficient funds as they face high drug prices (sometimes with drug companies challenging countries—especially poor ones—that may legally try to create cheaper generic ones when faced with urgent health issues) while changing lifestyles are contributing to deteriorating health.
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