The importance of healthcare 

Compare the two videos you have watched to discover and address how public health care impacts on the welfare of a community. 

Discover the difference between health care in a first world country and a third world country and the impacts of lack of healthcare.

Follow this Process:

1. Watch these video clips as a class:

   1. Public Healthcare in New Zealand

   2. The reality of healthcare in developing countries

2. Discuss and take note of the difference between health care in a first world country and a third world country. Complete this in pairs. What do you notice?

3. Brainstorm the aspects of healthcare that benefit a community. What do people in a first world community have access to that supports them? Why is this different from that in a third world country? What has resulted in developing countries as a result?

4. Summarise your ideas in a presentation (video, slideshow, poster, etc.) and explain to the class the difference in health care for first world countries and developing countries. Explain why this divide exists.

5. Present to the class, each person explaining one aspect of the divide in health care.

6. Take action and decide how you will use this knowledge to consider the benefits of the healthcare we have access to? How can you support organisations like the UN and UNICEF to bring an end to the divide in healthcare and end the cycle of poverty and disease in third world countries.

7. Capture and share these outcomes using photo and/or video to inspire others.

Educator Notes

To challenge:

• Require groups to research more about lack of healthcare in developing countries and choose a disease (such as Malaria or AIDS) for them to research that has spread as a result.

• Get students to interview someone from a UN body such as UNICEF, UN Youth or UNA to learn more.

To simplify:

• Focus on basic health care understanding and disregard attention to statistics and examples.