SJS2 - "Public Health and Global Interventions in Africa"

Source: Prince, Ruth J. “Public Health and Global Interventions in Africa.” Current History, vol. 115, no. 781, May 2016, pp. 163-68.

Author Credentials: Ruth Prince is a qualified person to discuss the issue of Africa's public health. She works at the University of Oslo's Institute of Health and Society as an associate professor.

Summary: Prince discusses the topic of Africa's public health and how the world around it is affecting the people of African countries. She discusses HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Cancer, the hospitals in some African countries, and what Africa is doing in order to change the negatives of their public health. The problem in Africa is that they do not have the abundant amount of affordable materials to help all their citizens and cure them of their diseases. The main focuses are on HIV/AIDS and cancer. If one has HIV/AIDS they can receive a better health care plan than others who are sick with different serious illnesses. In order for this to change the US has been creating foundations to help the health system become more stable and lessen the costs that all peoples of Africa have to spend in order to receive proper health care. Africa is trying to get a will of all people for a better health care program so that trust can be enabled and assist the health care programs in making them more suitable for the people.

Analysis: Ruth Prince does have a strong argument that supports her topic about the public health issues that are currently occurring in Africa and how other countries like the US are trying to assist the continent of Africa in this current issue. Ruth has a ton of information that supports her explanation of what is currently taking place and she has facts from groups and people that are experts in the health field in Africa. Prince includes both facts and opinions in her piece however it is more subjective rather than objective because it focuses on the reality of what is occurring today. Her opinions are clear in the way she presents them and the facts are backed up by true evidence. Ruth Prince is indeed a reliable source because she has done research that she proves with the facts she incorporates in her piece and is a well educated woman who capitalizes in the health field.