As the number of international migrants grows globally, the need for access to public health services continues to rise. This dilemma is causing a complex humanitarian issue to become a reality for many countries. Review the World Health Organization’s draft global action plan “Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants.” Discuss the roles and responsibilities of international organizations in providing health support for refugees and migrants. Compare these to the roles and responsibilities of governmental agencies. Why would a country benefit from being a member of an international organization when dealing with humanitarian crises? What role should the faith-based community fulfill when supporting the needs of the migrant community?

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Global health initiatives are often pivotal in the advancement of human rights. When addressing global public health issues, international organizations have a responsibility to develop policies and practices that support marginalized groups’ basic human rights. Policies that affect a woman’s reproductive and sexual health can be contradictory of the basic human right if it challenges the moral imperative of creating conditions that allow women to decide freely and responsibly on the number, spacing, and timing of their children or the ethical obligation to ensure equitable access to contraceptive options and safe reproductive service. This can become increasingly more of an issue when conditions arise that affect a woman and her unborn child, such as Zika virus.

Discuss your interpretation of the right to health. Explain how policies that affect a women’s sexual and reproductive health may be impacted by the introduction of a virus. Discuss the policies that countries impacted by Zika have developed around women’s sexual and reproductive health. Do any of these policies violate a woman’s right to health? Discuss if the global public health threat of Zika is severe enough to limit sexual and reproductive rights and freedoms. Conversely, is the threat of Zika-associated fetal anomalies sufficient to change existing restrictive laws and policies?

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Choose a disaster that has occurred in the United States within the last 20 years
Describe at least 2 actions that were taken in one of the following stages of the disaster response. What stage of disaster response? What was done, and which agency, organization or individuals completed these actions?
Pre-disaster Stage
Impact Stage
Emergency Stage
Recovery Stage
Evaluation Stage
3. Analyze the impact of these actions on the disaster recovery

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Each student will identify one source of literature for what has been done to date to address syphilis issue in Los Angeles. The literature can include any of the following:
A study and/or intervention from a journal article
A government report
A community-based or school-based program
Legislation or regulation
Each student will summarize the literature and answer the questions below in 500-750 words and include:
The main findings of the literature
Was what was implemented successful at improving outcomes tied to the sexual health issue? Why/why not?
If the target population/geographic area of focus in the literature is different from the target population/geographic area your team chose, will what was implemented work with your target population/geographic area? If not, how can it be adapted?

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