Delta State University
SOC 421
Fall 2004
Writing Assignment No. 10
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Due: Monday, November 15
Instructions: Prepare a two page essay on the topic identified below. Be sure to develop an explanation or argument in your essay.
Topic: Using information from the second part of the Bill Moyers video and the health links on the course webpage (see below), consider the connection between sustainable development and health. What are the major health issues facing humanity today? What are the challenges, opportunities and responsibilities of high-income and low-income countries in confronting these issues?
The following health links provide information that may be useful in completing this assignment:
World Business Council for Sustainable Development - Sustainable Health Systems
World Health Organization - Protection of
the Human Environment
WHO - Regional Office for Europe, Health Case Studies
Eduardo Porter, "Do New Drugs Always Have to Cost So Much?" New York Times,
Nov. 14, 2004
Elisabeth Malkin, "In Health Care, Gap Between Rich and Poor Persists, W.H.O.
Says," New York Times, Nov. 11, 2004