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Sanjukta answered on
Aug 23 2021
Running Head: HEALTHCARE
HEALTHCARE 11
HEALTHCARE
The country that is considered for ca
ying out this task is Greece as well as the WHO region for Greece is the Eastern Medite
anean.
1. The name of the country and other countries within the region
Greece is a country that can be located in the South-eastern Europe with plenty of islands throughout the lonian as well as Aegean seas. Furthermore, Greece has been extremely influential from the ancient times, it is more or less also known as the Western civilization. On the other hand, Greece is also known for the beaches, from the Santorin’s black sand to the party resorts concerning Mykonos. Greece has the 11th longest shoreline on the world at 8, 500 miles that consists of a lot of islands of which 227 islands are already inhabited (Pappa et al., 2015).
There are some of the main regions within Greece such as Attica, Central Macedonia, Western Greece, Thessaly, Central Greece, Epirus, Lonian Islands, etc.
2.
It can be said that in the year 2020 about 13.67 percent in terms of the Greek Population fell into the category of 0-14 years, 64.06 percent into the age group of 15-64 as well as 22% were more than 66 years of age. Main minority ethnic groups consist of the following Albanians, Romani, Macedonians, Aromanians, Arvanites, Turkish and Pomaks.
As per the computation of the last year it is highlighted the total population of this country is near about 10,607,052. The main ethnic groups are as follows such as Greek 91.7%, others 4% and Albanian almost 4.3%. It highlights the citizenship only as Greece does not collect as such data on the ethnicity. The main religions of Greece consist of Muslim, Greek Orthodox, and others. In terms of economy it can be stated that like rest of the world the economy of Greece has entered into one of the most deepest recession of all times in the year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate was increasing since March 2020 but dropped from this year’s July. However, the shocks from this pandemic risks is affecting Greece concerning the challenges of the long-standing labour market. The first stage of the formal education in this country is the basic (primary) stage which mainly lasts for 6 years and it begins from age 6 along with it ends at the age of 12 then it is followed by the secondary stage which can be divided into the two sub categories (Clogg, 2021).
3.
It is stated under the Greek Law that that there are nine categories of people under the population such as the pregnant women, victims of the torture, people with certain disabilities and the gender-based violence. The social justice system is doing a great job by eliminating the health disparities:
· Providing grounded human and ethical rights
· High-quality care to everyone
· Ensuring that all of the people can maintain highest level of wellness and also health
The best health population in the Greece is the girl children and worst health population is the male population as they are addicted to smoking and drinking.
4.
In terms of the health goals it can be said that from the previous year the main aim revolves around society as well as government for significantly enhancing the well-being and health of the populations specifically the vulnerable population, reducing the inequalities in health, strengthening the health of the public and making sure that the people-centred health systems that exists are universal in nature, sustainable, equitable along with high quality. The entire Healthcare system of this country is mainly characterised by the coexistence of the National Health System, strongest voluntary private healthcare system as well as compulsory social insurance (Sealey, 2016).
It is similar to the WHO region in which the country can be located such as Eastern Medite
anean. However, the main scheme that is used in this region is “Health for All by All”.
5.
There are the three significant risk factor that can be directly associated for most of the disease burden in the Greece that is also highlighted by the WHO are smoking tobacco, dietary risks, along with the high blood pressure. As per WHO, the noncommunicable diseases accounted for almost 85% concerning all of the deaths in the Greece and the external causes are about 6% as well as the communicable diseases that...