Week 7 Discussion On India and Afghanistan

Sample Answer

Key Takeaways for India

Challenges Non-communicable diseases such as ischemic heart disease, COPD, and stroke are the leading causes of death. This has been attributed to an increased number of hypertensive patients as well as air pollution (Murray et al., 2020).

In addition, the country faces a nursing shortage, especially in rural areas resulting in an increased nurse workload Strengths Nursing education at the diploma and bachelor’s level and specialization programs are available to the public to mitigate the shortage of nurses.

In addition, the country’s unemployment rate is low compared to Afghanistan owing to the agrarian economy. As a result, there is a higher average income and a lower percentage of people living below the poverty line compared to Afghanistan.

Key Takeaways for Afghanistan

Challenges The country’s second leading cause of death is conflict and terror which has been attributed to political instability (Murray et al., 2020). The political instability disrupted food supply, education, and infrastructure contributing to the challenges being seen such as insecurity, malnutrition, lack of roads, and poor sanitation.

Lastly, the country also experiences a nursing shortage caused by the shortage of nursing educational facilities. Strengths It is projected that the life expectancy will increase by the year 2100 to 78 years for males and 80.6 years for females.

There has also been a reduction in under-five mortality from 69 deaths to 54.4 deaths per 1000 in the last five years.

Disasters in India and the Organization That Might Respond

The infant mortality rate due to diarrhea was one of the largest disasters that faced India due to poor sanitation. As a result, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided better sanitation facilities and access to clean water.

Disasters in Afghanistan and the Organization That Might Respond
The Taliban takeover and the earthquakes caused a lot of instability in the nation.

As a result, USAID humanitarian assistance provided the persons affected with food, nutrition assistance, shelter, and drinking water among other essentials.

Reference

• Murray, C. J. L., Aravkin, A. Y., Zheng, P., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., Abdollahi, M., Abdollahpour, I., Abegaz, K. H., Abolhassani, H., Aboyans, V., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R. M., Abualhasan, A., Abu-Raddad, L.J., Abushouk, A. I., Adabi, M., & Adekanmbi, V. (2020). Global Burden of 87 Risk Factors in 204 Countries and territories,1990–2019 A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1223–1249. https //doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30752-2