“There’s enough on this planet for everyone’s need but not for everyone’s greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
This was one of the quotes from Dr. Shahi’s February 8th lecture, and it pretty much sums up my take home message for the night.
The Millennium Development Goals are as follows:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development.
One of the discussion questions for the class centered on how we as a global community can meet these goals. Thinking about this took me back to my January 25th posting, Shifting Paradigm Starts With You and Me. One of the most important things that you and I can do is spread the word about the goals. We must get others thinking and talking about the goals in order to affect policy and bring greater attention to help change the lives of the more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry everyday and the 1.1 billion who live on less than $1 a day.
I know that I paid little attention to the Millennium Development Goals until I began the MPH program at USC. There are many, many others out there who have never heard of them and have never thought of them. Let’s all do our part and spread the word!
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4 comments:
Rosie,
I agree that it starts with the individual, it starts with each action we ourselves take on a daily basis. Every time I use paper towels I think of the impact on the globe, sometimes it stops me from using them, something it doesn't. I heard about Michael Norton's book "365 Ways to Change the World" on NPR today. It talks about small steps the individual can take everyday to make a small difference. Our class is a strategic view of global problems, but I agree that concerted individual action is absolutely essential. 365 Ways to Change the World
I also loved that quote.
M
Very Nice blog Rosie. I agree with you that shifting the paradigm starts with you and me! As educated individuals, professionals we are familiar the best about the latest international challenges, news. We should initiate an action and be a role model for others. I can imagine that there will be an enhancement in the pace of shifting the paradigm, if we can involve other parties and associations.
One method that I have on my mind is using celebrities’ collaboration with health professionals. They are great fashion icons who have a big impact in the society. If time matters this might solve some problems, since they are always on the tabloids of magazines and medias. We just have to find connections to get involve as many people possible to be able to shift the paradigm. It is defiantly not small group of people’s job.
I agree that we must spread the word. However, this seems to be a problem for a lot of people working in health care, that is because they don't have thorough training in marketing and communications. I have been reading up on consumerism and psycho-social processes. I guess to sum it up, we need to make consumers savvy for health news and global change.
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