Proper health care and health education is an important issue of many parts of the third world. Quality health care is difficult to find and or receive in many parts of the third world due to a variety of issues affecting the area. Small per capita gross national profit, high debt, and a lack of resources prevent the third world from providing sufficient health care to its population. All of these factors greatly reduce the physical quality of life that third world residents have.
Health care is a major problem in the third world that needs to be addressed immediately. The HIV and Aids epidemic is an especially big problem that needs to be focused on in the third world. Many parts of Africa, Asia, South America, and the Middle East are being ravished by Aids and Aids related health problems. Health care and health education need to become a major priority in order to preserve the lives of people in these areas. With proper health care, and education the spread of Aids and other diseases would drop, and increase the live chances of everyone. My service site deals with the issue of health care for all, which is why I chose to work there. Keystone Hospice provides care for terminally ill patients with any number of diseases without regard to their economic status. With proper medical care people with fatal diseases can still live a somewhat comfortable life. My service site believes that everyone deserves a chance to have the best care possible no matter what their illness is or how much money they have. In fact my site looses a large amount of money on a weekly basis in order to treat patients in the best way possible for them. At Keystone patients receive the best medicine possible to keep them comfortable while declining in health. They also receive a bed, three daily meals, friendly social interaction, and an environment where people genuinely care for your well-being. These are all things that could help the third world a great deal.
