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HSYP8102: AT3: Ministerial Briefing NoteDue: Week 10, Thursday 14th May 2020@ submit via Turnitin Weighting: 15%Length: 750 words (one and a half pages, word count does not include references) Formatting: As a guide use Times New Roman 12-point font, 2 cm marginsScenario: Assume you are a Policy and Research Officer (Environmental Health Branch, Department of Health). A new Government Minister has been appointed and requests a Briefing Note1 to prepare for an upcoming International Environmental Health meeting.The Minister has asked you the question: “What are the key population growth challenges, environmental health issues and infectious disease risks in current or future Mega-cities?”. (Mega-cities are urban areas of more than 10 million people2).For this Assessment task (AT3), research and prepare the Briefing Note that considers the challenges common to most mega-cities. Do not focus on any specific Mega-city. Utilise the information and resources from HSYP8102 online resources given in weeks 8-9 as well as other relevant material (e.g. reports and journal articles, UN agency and international organisations websites).The Briefing Note should include a minimum of 10 references using Vancouver style. Notes:1. A Briefing Note is a short paper that quickly and effectively informs a decision-maker about an issue. A useful Briefing Note distils often complex information into a short, well- structured document. Ref: https://web.uvic.ca/~sdoyle/E302/Notes/WritingBriefingNotes.html2. The Demographia World Urban Areas, 2019 contains the most updated list of current megacities. Available here https://www.newgeography.com/content/006272-demographia- world-urban-areas-2019-population-land-area-urban-densitiesPlease note: AT3 and AT4 are linked and designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of contemporary population and environmental health issues and challenges. Read both assessment task instructions (AT3 and AT4) before you start. Please also refer to the rubrics for these tasks.

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The key population growth challenges
The megacity is where the population rate is more than 10 million (1). Social, economic, and environmental development gives more opportunities to get a good health. But still, there are some challenges in the growth of health. The population changing generally depends on three different factors that are higher fertility rate, mortality rate, and migration (2).
A higher fertility rate implies the increasing rate of newborns in the population. Mortality indicates the rate of death in the population (3). Lastly migration is the number of people who either join or leave the population. When the birth rate increases than the mortality it would make the crisis of living food of the population (4). Though the migrant who leaves the population makes a balance between high fertility and low mortality, still it can be a cause of famines. In the case of megacities there must be sufficient food water and essential commodities supplies. The stagnant face of agricultural activity has become a big challenge for a randomly growing population (5). The lack of demanding essential commodities and efficient electricity can be a big challenge for up growing population. Megacities always run through the new updated technology so applying the poor technology can be a challenge for the mobility of a growing population (6). 
Environmental health issues
Besides many social and economic facilities in megacities, there is some vital environmental problem too. The problems are mostly insufficient water, air, trees, soil, etc. which makes a huge impact on the health of the population (7). Alongside the solid waste, pollution, traffic problems, noise, are created by the heavy population and these are all serious problems for the health, mind of all overpopulation (8). The polluted air in cities is one of the noticeable problems which are the reason for lung disease, asthma, etc. A growing population consumes natural resources. Traffic problems are increasing for a dense population. Wasting water is mostly seen in cities which can make a huge impact on the future population. The modern population of megacities plentifully uses modern technologies,

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