Department of Development Studies, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Department Communication, Media and Information Studies, School of Languages and Communications, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2024 Jun 1;43(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s41043-023-00490-3.
One of the major concerns of development in Africa is the issue of public health. In Africa, public healthcare has been and still is a problem most African countries are faced with. The problem of public healthcare seems to be unabated even though there are measures that are put in place for its effectiveness. There is hunger, malnutrition, high mortality rate, illnesses and deterioration of life expectancy in most developing countries of Africa. The dramatic unprecedented public health disparity has become a scourge in developing countries where it has purportedly impaired the developmental efforts, economic growth and prosperity. As a result, there is a need to scrutinize possible causes that exacerbates public health issues in developing countries. The paper argues that the current food production system (conventional) contributes to current status of public health as compared to the previous food production system (organic). The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize public healthcare disparities, juxtaposing organic and conventional food production that result as human food consumption. The paper employs literature-based analysis as a methodology to assemble data in respect of public healthcare disparities and food production systems.
非洲发展面临的主要问题之一是公共卫生问题。在非洲，公共医疗保健一直是，而且仍然是大多数非洲国家面临的一个问题。尽管已经采取了措施来提高其效果，但公共医疗保健的问题似乎并没有减少。在大多数非洲发展中国家，存在着饥饿、营养不良、高死亡率、疾病和预期寿命下降等问题。这种前所未有的公共卫生差距在发展中国家已经成为一种祸害，据称它破坏了发展努力、经济增长和繁荣。因此，有必要仔细研究可能加剧发展中国家公共卫生问题的原因。本文认为，与以前的粮食生产系统（有机）相比，当前的粮食生产系统（常规）导致了当前的公共卫生状况。本文的目的是从概念上阐述公共医疗保健差距，将有机和常规粮食生产与人类粮食消费进行对比。本文采用基于文献的分析方法，收集有关公共医疗保健差距和粮食生产系统的数据。
