The CAPE Vulnerability Index serves as a worldwide foreign policy indicator that implies which countries should get assistance first. It provides an evidence-based, well-structured, and well-reasoned ...strategy for employing aid in bilateral arrangements with mental health as a basis.
The second edition of the CAPE VI has been developed to identify which nations should get priority foreign aid.
We considered various indices or measures at the country level reflecting the average national health status or factors influencing public health. To make our choice, we used 26 internationally accessible and verified indicators. For the study, we have scored the countries according to these indices and prioritized those with the worst scores.
The CAPE Vulnerability Index is based on the number of times a country is ranked among the low-scoring nations. It is based on nine parameters and is an independent measure even though there may be a correlation with similar indices such as life expectancy, disability-adjusted life years(DALYs), physician numbers, and gross domestic product(GDP).
We concluded that low-scoring countries were fragile or failed states, such as nations where governments lack complete oversight or power, are often oppressive and corrupt, have allegations of violations of human rights, or are marked by political turmoil in different forms, drawbacks from severe environmental damage, severe impoverishment, inequalities, cultural and racial divisions, cannot supply fundamental amenities, are victims of terrorism, and so on. To address these essential problems impacting fragile nations, administrations, aid donors, local organizations, mental health specialists, and associations should collaborate.
Understanding geopolitical determinants of health Persaud, Albert; Bhugra, Dinesh; Valsraj, Koravangattu ...
Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
02/2021, Letnik:
99, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Understanding geopolitical determinants of health Persaud, Albert; Bhugra, Dinesh; Valsraj, Koravangattu ...
Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
02/2021, Letnik:
99, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Understanding the reasons for health inequality is important to guide policy on global health. One of the approaches to generate evidence to guide such policy is that of the social determinants of ...health. According to this framework, population health, employment, job insecurity, transport, poverty and housing are key factors of health status and health inequalities in populations.1 Comprehensive reviews have been published on the role of commercial and corporate factors in shaping the context of health behaviours (such as smoking and consuming food products that are high in sugar content), the health impact of these factors and related regulations.2 A study has also drawn attention to the way in which diverse social contexts over the life course affect health outcomes, and identifies these contexts as the ecosocial determinants of health status.3However, health is also shaped by geopolitical determinants - that is, determinants related to governments, geographies, policies, and the interests of countries and the relationship between them.4 Geopolitical determinants are distinct from other health determinants in that they are explicitly reflected in entities such as regions and continental geographies, and proximity and/or distance from neighbours. Geopolitical factors represent a system of relationships among assets and processes that link communities at higher levels of organization than that of the community, neighbourhood or state. Here we argue that understanding these geopolitical determinants can help to advance evidence, advocacy and ultimately policy action to improve global health.
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