Global Health and Corporate Involvement

The advent of the internet along with growth in international trade has made our world increasingly dependent on "inter-economies." Inter-economies are product enterprises between any number of countries that require a specific resource or service from each. For example, a company that produces syringes in the United States may be reliant on another company who mines metal in South America. This type of inter-economy reliance illustrates the need and importance of corporate support for global health. Following the example above, if the company that mines metal for the syringe company in U.S. is devastated by a multi-drug resistant strain of tuberculosis, the U.S. company's productivity may slow or even stop until a new source for the metals could be found. For this reason corporations should more involved in global health. By helping to establish health care and/or organizations that address health issues in other countries corporations are essentially investing in their own economic security. Besides this business incentive for corporations, they may also boast their efforts to improve global health to improve their corporate image. Therefore, not only will investment in global health ensure economic security and a positive social image for the corporation but it will improve health throughout the world and promote global economic development.