Part 1: Global Health Comparison Grid Template Use this document to complete the Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: Global Health Comparison Grid Template Use this document to complete the Module 6 Assessment

Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement Global Healthcare IssueVaccines and Immunizations DescriptionThe global perspective ofvaccines differs from countryto country.While the UnitedStates have access to plentifulVaccines and several policiesin place requiring certainvaccines, there are othercountries that struggle withaccess to vaccines.The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) ― endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly in May 2012 ― is a framework to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities (WHO, n.d.). CountryUnited StatesMexico Describe the policy in each countryrelated to the identified healthcare issue There are no US federalvaccination laws. Each state has its own requirements for children entering public schools. There are no vaccines required for the entry into Mexico but there are requirements for children enrolling in school. What are the strengths of thispolicy? All 50 states allow medical exemptions, 45 states allow religious exemptions, and 15 states allow philosophical (or personal belief) exemptions (ProCon.org, n.d.)

Country United States India

Describe the policy

in each country

related to the

identified healthcare

issue

Maintaining and strengthening the Current

T.B. control policies and increasing the

efforts to identify and treat latent T.B.

infections among the high-risk populations

can help eliminate the T.B. epidemic in the

United States of America. Following are the

strategies to control tuberculosis is in

America-

Investigate and report every case of T.B.

disease

Identify contacts and provide treatment to

future T.B. cases

Genotype T.B. bacteria and test for drug

resistance.

T.B. control faces daunting challenges in India.

Although India has managed to scale up

essential T.B. services in the public health

system, the rate of decline is too slow to meet

the 2030 sustainable development goals of

ending the T.B. epidemic. The health strategies

to eliminate T.B. work on four strategic pillars:

detect, treat, prevent, and build. It is also

known as the DTPB approach.

The DTPB Approach of 2017 to 2025 is

Scale up free, high sensitivity diagnostic tests,

universal testing for drug resistant T.B., and

systemic screening of high-risk populations.

Free T.B. drugs for all T.B. cases, patient-

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