Assignment task: In this lesson we explored the importance of distal, global health threats to Canadians, and made the case that supporting global health is important and impactful for the health of Canadians. Using your knowledge of global health, please answer the following:
1. How might the "far away" problem of sleeping sickness impact Canadians?
2. What role should Canadians (or, Canadian society) have in terms of managing issues such as sleeping sickness?
3. Sleeping sickness is an old disease. How has globalization changed the face of sleeping sickness in West Africa (in terms of diagnosis, treatment, cure, spread, etc.)?
4. What might we, as Canadians, learn from Congolese people about public health implementation strategies?
5. How do NTDs like sleeping sickness impact overall life expectancy in countries like the DRC?