The primary solution of global poor health and poverty.
There is a huge global burden of disease and mortality. The principal underlying cause is regarded as poverty. This is associated with a global order of fear, over-consumption, over-population and violence, which can interact in a vicious circle. It is proposed that the solution to the problem is not only the relief of poverty, but the institution of a new order in which the individual is sovereign. This in turn requires a trinity of ideals for the individual: self-control to avoid over-consumption, altruism to cope with fear, and peace to manage violence.
Tegegne
Ayalew
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Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. ayalewteg@yahoo.com
D000533:Altruism; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014754:Violence