Reflection Journal: International Children’s and Women’s Health 

In 21^st century, international organizations and policies play a significant role in improving health. The organizations create public health goals for caring maternal and children’s health (Poku & Whitman, 2011). First, these organizations act a global strategy and provide life-saving interventions and ensure the health systems are of high quality.   In addition, they are capable of making a difference by supporting health plans, eradicating poverty, ensuring environmental sustainability, and ensuring integrated delivery of services where women and children access universal care, improving monitoring, capacity building  and ensuring skilled health workers (Neumann et al, 2016).  For example, Health People 2020 fulfills the objectives through community participation and ensuring quality care. MDGs also ensure that community is full engaged in creating a healthier nation (Poku & Whitman, 2011). Both organizations ensure women and children access quality care and education on how to care for the babies. Through such programs, the organization reduces child mortality and maternal death. Other point is that MDGs and Health People 2020 provide health rights principles which the government and health care providers follow in improving children and women’s health. Principles which guide health professionals include accessibility and accountability (Neumann et al, 2016). Last, these organizations are important to women and children’s life in that this vulnerable population recognizes their human right. Since organizations have set fundamental principles, women and children are now able to access standard of health (Neumann et al, 2016).

  In order to improve children’s and women’s health, Millennium Development Goals should create a multidisciplinary partnership. Through collaborating, global movement and professional expertise maximization, it will be easier to achieve the MDGs (Amieva & Ferguson, 2012).  Health People 2020 should improve women’s and children’s health by   using the approach of cost-effective analysis. In other words, this organization should increase investment in addressing health priorities (Neumann et al, 2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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