There is generally a positive relationship between the wealth of a country and the quality of healthcare available. Wealthier countries, known as MEDCs, typically spend a higher percentage of their total expenditures on healthcare and have greater access to resources. However, some exceptions exist, such as the United States, which has high healthcare spending but many uninsured citizens who lack access. Less wealthy LEDCs often have less access to healthcare, though countries like Cuba provide universal healthcare through socialized medicine despite lower spending per person.

1. Geography of Health By David Mason and Alec Walmsley

11. Morbidity By Tom Pybus, Anthony Li and Alex Jenkins

21. What is an Epidemic? "An epidemic occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected. " - www.Wikipedia.org "A disease affecting a large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time." - www.BCM.edu

24. Examples of Worldwide Epidemics 1300s: The Black Death 1501-87: Typhus 1816-26: Cholera 1863-75: Cholera 1855-1950: Bubonic Plague 1980-Present: HIV

25. Recent Examples of Epidemics MEDCs: 2009: Swine Influenza - Melbourne 2009: Mumps - Ireland 2009 - Present: Swine Influenza - Britain LEDCs: 2002-3: SARS - China 2008: Cholera – Chad 2008: Plague – Madagascar 2008-9: Zimbabwean Cholera Outbreak 2009: Swine Influenza - India

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31. Pandemic By Jacob Hanvey, Sean Miller & Alex Harden

32. Pandemic ? ? ? ? ? ?

33. Definition A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Throughout history there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. More recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic and the 2009 flu pandemic.

34. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met: emergence of a disease new to a population; agents infect humans, causing serious illness; and agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.

39. During a Pandemic Using the current swine flu as an example it is possible to map outbreaks of the disease in question

40. Mapping

42. In what ways is Health related to Wealth?

45. A graph to show Government expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure - This shows the contrast between all countries, and backs up the trend. Many of the MEDC countries spend a greater percentage than those that are LEDC.

47. Around the world, there are of course some exceptions In particular I will be briefly looking at the USA , because of the unique situation that the country is in. A Map to Show the Public Health Spending Proportionally In Relation to the Country Location

48. A Map to Show the Private Health Spending Proportionally In Relation to the Country Location

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