4. Countries contain large numbers of
‘the bottom billion’ people;
Experiencing or experience civil wars
Rich in natural resources
Landlocked with bad neighbors
Bad governance
5. Growing Global Inequality in HEALTH
• Poor nations have limited access to health
services, education, sanitation, adequate
nutrition and housing.
• Only 10% of research money in the US is
devoted to the health problems that account
for 90% of the global disease burden.
• Hunger and malnutrition are also problems of
poor nations.
6. SMOKING as a major health problem
of poor nations
• According to WHO, 5 million people die each
year from tobacco use.
• India accounts for almost a third of the world’s
tobacco-related deaths.
• China-being the world’s biggest market for
tobacco.
8. Global Majority-Minority Relations
• A minority group: A group of people in a subordinate
position in wealth, power and prestige.
• A majority group: A group of people in a superordinate
position in wealth, power and prestige.
Dominant and subordinate races and ethnic
groups
Male dominance over females
Adult control of children
Heterosexual dominance of homosexuals and
lesbians
10. Always Remember!
All majority and minority statuses
are products of social definitions.
Xenophobia: beliefs, attitudes and prejudices that
reject, exclude and vilify groups made up of outsiders
or foreigners.
