Enough is Enough
Time for a global focus and effective strategy for all global health practitioners
Last week I read a Reuters article about malaria being out of control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that really upset me as a human being and a global health professional. All these deaths are a tragedy, a preventable tragedy. Haven’t we read about these tragedies enough?
You know what else is a tragedy? I have been a doctor for over 30 years. I know how to prevent and treat malaria, and still people are dying of malaria and other preventable conditions for which I also know how to prevent and treat. The right to health for the people of the DRC is being violated, and malaria is still not getting the same global attention and funding that Ebola got last year. I just do not want the next 30 years of my career to be about witnessing more preventable deaths. Do you?
It’s 2016 and I think enough is enough (actually, I wish the WHO would say enough is enough and start to better coordinate all the work done to fight malaria more effectively, but that doesn’t look promising at the moment). So let me know if you agree that enough is enough and have interest in discussing strategies to work together for measurable and sustainable impact in the DRC and anywhere there are preventable deaths. Every country must be able to make use of all the medical knowledge and technology that is available to healthcare and public professionals.
Here are some of the topics we can discuss, and steps that could put an end to this injustice:
- Why “Enough is Enough”
- One planet, one people, one focus: how to achieve global health goals?
- One country, one health system, one strategy: how to make a global health strategy work?
- Healthcare services that meet the needs of every citizen: How to deliver quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, everyday?
- The Prevention and Treatment Continuum of Care.
- The case of DRC and how to put an end to preventable deaths in the next 10 years.
- Putting it all together and getting started to end malaria and other preventable deaths.
Send an email to comments@realizingglobalhealth.com if you also think “Enough is Enough” and are interested in participating in in this discussion.
