Hello, Tauhid, as you can see, here is a poor Ethiopian child diagnosed with Ebola. There is nothing he can do to get better as he does not have access to healthcare, the local hospital is about 40 km away. As a 3rd world country, Ethiopia has 22 physicians for 1 million individuals.I It has a population of 102.4 million. There are only 2300 physicians here. Having a population of roughly 4 million, Alberta spends about $2.4 million dollars on healthcare every hour. That shows a wide gap between the 1st and the 3rd world countries. However, the effects of Alberta’s expenditure are indisputable. In Ethiopia, life expectancy is 64 years, while individuals in Alberta live up to 82 years. Though not solely caused by lack of access to healthcare, this large disparity is mostly due to it. As such, access to proper healthcare is imperative to a country’s success. Back to you Tauhid. …show more content…
Donating to charities, like UNICEF, help support developing countries gain proper access to healthcare. Raising money to charities is a great way to foster their efforts in aiding countries with this problem. As Canadians, you can take action by signing petitions on providing 3rd world countries healthcare. However, aiding does not necessarily mean spending money. Individuals can help by voting and expressing their opinions. As residents, we need to elect leaders who believe that access to healthcare is a right, not a privilege. It is fundamental for individuals to elect governments that have their priorities set towards spending towards building hospitals, recruiting doctors and nurses, and presenting affordable medicines to residents. We need to pressure governments towards solving the problem of healthcare