Global Health Healthy People 2020

Our world has become increasing smaller with the increase in air travel and communication. At one time a trip overseas would take weeks, now that travel is possible in just a few hours. News that once took days or weeks to arrive, is now immediately available. This shift to a more global society changes the dynamics of culture and the provision of health care. Health care organizations need to be aware of global heath issues and the impacts for the community from a public health perspective (Mauer & Smith, 2013). A good example of this is, the 2014 Ebola break out in Africa and the cases that arrived in the United States. Since health care organizations generally address local health concerns, there an under appreciation for the seriousness of the Ebola, how to contain the virus, and how to protect health care professionals (Kalra et al., 2014).
As a new measure, Healthy People 2020, has extended their scope to include global health. In cooperation with global agencies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization, the agency is monitoring global health through surveillance, detection, and prevention. This global public health measure, monitors data and seeks to improve global illness abroad and those that are carried to the United States. The key objectives are surveillance and prevention of malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging threats (Heath and Human Services, 2016). Locally, Healthy Connecticut 2020, has also adopted the same measure monitoring emerging treats in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and the and United States Global Heath Initiative. In turn, public health care organizations, hospitals, and other health care organizations will adopt these objectives and report data back to the State of Connecticut (Connecticut Department of Health, p. 95,