The Bahamas and their SD Goal!
This week I chose the Bahamas, because of it being a well known vacation area. Some just. See its beauty and not how flawed and in need the country is. The Bahamas is a little island just. southeast of Miami, Florida. 13% of the countries’ population is impoverished and 25% of them are children. Many of the youth are unemployed and. Many of the big industries are not growing enough to produce work. They lack appropriate health care and educational systems. Furthermore, the greatest downfall of them all is the constant climate change. For example, hurricanes, rise in sea levels, high tides, etc, that. damage the land.
Yes, the third sustainable developmental goal is an issue of the Bahamas. Being that they lack proper public education, adequate health care systems, constant reconstruction due to climate changes and youth unemployment, which has led to poverty, it is a large issue.
The Bahamas has made this goal a priority and has addressed it with the country in order for it to be a collective effort to apply change. The SDG article states “The Bahamas understand that meaningful sustainable development is critical for its very survival.” (P. 7) This shows their understanding, their priority and their distinguished efforts to care for their country and their people.
I don’t believe the United States really compares at all when it comes to addressing this goal. The goal is “to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” Sometimes it feels as if the U.S. discriminates as to who they provide quality health care to and the healthy well-being is kind of thrown out the window when it comes to promoting nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Quality health care can look discriminatory because if you are not a certain class economic status you are basically told “rub some dirt on it and here’s a band-aid. As to a person with a job, that includes benefits and a person who can afford the bill is given the proper prescriptions, follow up information and future prevention information. Also, how do you see healthy nutrition advice and foods advertised on TV, opposed to fast food. You see more fast food, “healthy protein supplements” and workout machines that guarantee a sexy body when it may only work one muscle group. Again, the goal is “to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” The U.S. fails to show that as the Bahamas is taking many extra steps to assure their country and their people are taken care of and they survive.
I completely agree with you that climate change is one of the biggest threats in the Bahamas for sustaining a proper health care system and lifestyles in general. Lots of people lose employment, homes, and do not receive sufficient funding to reconstruct. Poverty is one of the many reasons people in low income areas do not receive the proper health care or pay out-of-pocket for their medical bills. It is also true that the advantage of receiving the proper education is having access to medical insurance, so it is important to target improving the education system in countries like the Bahamas.
ReplyDeleteMa'k'la,
ReplyDeleteYour blog about Bahamas' good health and well-being is very appealing and informative. I was surprised to learn that a country, that once was an ultimate vacation spot, has become a target of natural disasters, and that has taken away the tourists from the country. I believe that unemployment has increased, due the fact that most people in Bahamas, hold jobs related to tourism. It is rather unfortunate, that people of Bahamas are going to health and well-being crisis for the past several years, without being able to fully re-build.
However, as you mentioned, it great that the country has taken several different measures to resolve these crisis. "Leave No-One Behind", is a great project that their government is working on to reconstruct their beloved country. It is just going to be a slow process and as long as they have support from organizations such as the UN and their SDG goals, they will heal from what has caused them so much trouble.
In addition to that, I agree that false advertisement can be very manipulating when it comes to promoting health and wellness. There definitely needs to be a clear and straight-forward plan to these real issues.
Thank you, for highlighting this issue on Bahamas and showing us what actually goes on behind the scenes.