Health Security
Health Security
Human security
It means protecting the fundamental freedoms, freedom that are most
important of our life. It means protecting the critical threat and situations.
It belongs to freedom from fear, freedom from want and feel respect in
society.
According to UNDP(United Nation Development Program) in 1994, human
security divide into seven categories:
Economic security
Food security
Health security
Environmental security
Personal security
Community security
Political security
Health security
Health security means protecting and minimizing illness from diseases, it also minimise the danger impact of human life that is happening from surroundings pandemic situation like covid-19, traffic pollutions, air pollutions and many of them. It is defined as the action needed to prevent and respond acute threats that could endanger people health across countries and borders.
Population growth , environmental degradation and misuse of antimicrobials are unbalanced the equilibrium of our world. There are many diseases entering to our world like , in 1920 spanish flu , in 1977 russian flu and 2020 covid19.These are the major virus attacking to our world that causes many people were killed. These virus disrupting people’s health and causing social and economic impacts. Billions of people or passengers travel on airplanes each year, increasing the opportunities for the rapid international spread of infections agents and virus.
In farming , dependence on chemicals has increased as awareness of potential hazards for health and environment. That is like change in climate and air pollutions. Day to day world’s population are continuously increasing which causes increases its economic interdependence. Health security of all states have a responsibility to protect the health and wellbeing of their population.It is an evolving a set of different form of word within the fields of international relation and security studies.
According to world health organisation(WHO) activity required to minimise the danger impact of acute public health events. It is the responsibility of governments to globally to protect the health of their populations. Health is a state of complete physical , mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of diseases or infinity.(taken form google ) .WHO also describes metal health as state of well being in which a human realizes his capacity to do any work or performance in social activities. Mental health is not just the absence of mental illness.
Health is divided into many parts: mental health, physical health, emotional health, social health, spiritual health , financial health and so on. Physical health involves lifestyle improvements that causes fewer disease and illness. It increases blood circulations by realising energy. Emotional health has capacity to control emotions. Social health indicates our ability ton sustain friendship, participation in events and the in our environment. We need to take responsibility for wellness and development.
Health security is the important dimension of human security. As good health is both essential and instrumental to human survival, livelihood and dignity. Good health of a population is also important for social cohesion and stability.