Begin by examining a global health problem, such as a particular infectious or chronic disease or type of injury.

Alternatively, choose specific public health problems such as lack of access to medical or dental care, war, or a natural disaster.

Research your topic by locating and reading at least three primary research articles. Explain why your selected health threat is global and not national in nature. Using the international human right to health as a framework, describe the severity of this problem. Focus particularly on the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of public health and health-care services related to your chosen global health threat. 

(Refer to Box 17, p. 281.) Do you think that a human rights approach is an appropriate and effective method for addressing this particular health issue? Take a stand and justify your position.